About me

I am the Director of Clinical Legal Programs which means I am both a practitioner and a teacher. My legal practice is in the area of human rights including refugee and migration law; children’s rights; discrimination and economic social and cultural rights such as housing and welfare.

My teaching interests are in the areas of human rights and clinical legal education. I teach in our International Program on Human Rights run in Geneva but most of my time is in spent in the Clinical Program we run in collaboration with SCALES Community Legal Centre.

My research interests closely align to my human rights practice and my clinical teaching.

Awards

Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year
Migration Institute of Australia (Australia, Sydney) - MIA, 2015
Vice Chancellor's Citation for Excellence in Enhanced Learning
Murdoch University (Australia, Perth), 2007
National Citation
Carrick Awards for Australian University Teaching, 2007
National Human Rights Award for Law
Australian Human Rights Commission (Australia, Sydney), 2002

Organisational Affiliations

School of Law and Criminology, Murdoch University

Education

Education
2000–2000, Tertiary Teaching Certificate, Murdoch University (Australia, Perth)
Human Rights
1997–1997, Certificate in Human Rights, University of Strasbourg (France, Strasbourg)
Law
1994–1997, Bachelor of Law, University of Western Australia (Australia, Perth) - UWA
Arts
1989–1991, Bachelor of Arts , University of Western Australia (Australia, Perth) - UWA
Sociology of Law
02/2004–04/2004, Visiting Scholar, Onati International Institute for Sociology of Law