Meet the President of Academic Senate

President of Academic Senate

Professor Tania Sourdin

Qualifications: BA, LLB, Grad Dip Leg Prac, LLM, PhD

Why did you join the University Council?

I have been appointed as the President of Academic Senate and am keen to contribute to the University.

What do you look back on most fondly when it comes to your own education?

Engaging and learning about law and society is exciting and challenging.  I greatly appreciated some of my teachers who left me with a love of reading and a belief that anything is possible.

Biography

Tania Sourdin is the Dean of the University of Newcastle Law and Justice School and the President of Academic Senate.  Tania has a background as a litigation lawyer and mediator, has a PhD in commercial dispute resolution and is the author of more than 140 publications, that include books articles and papers. She has researched, published and presented widely on a range of topics including ADR, justice innovation, justice issues, mediation, conflict resolution, collaborative law, artificial intelligence, technology and organisational change.

Tania sits on a number of Boards, is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, was a visiting academic at Oxford University from October 2022 and has held a number of senior part time tribunal appointments and been the national Broadband Network Industry Dispute Resolution Advisor (since 2014).