Our people

At the University of Newcastle School of Law and Justice, our staff are recognised as leading academics in their fields of expertise.

Our academics deliver intellectually challenging and stimulating courses that provide our students with both theoretical and practical knowledge. Our School culture ensures that academics get to know our students well and support them both in their learning and in their career aspirations

Our advisory board brings together the specialist knowledge and legal professional practice expertise of a highly skilled and diverse group, including members of the judiciary, lawyers from local and global law firms, members of community legal centres, lawyers from government agencies, members of the Newcastle Bar Association, and sole practitioners.

Academic Staff

Dr Glen Anderson

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Equity, Property Law, International Law & Self-Determination

Professor John Anderson

Professor
School of Law and Justice

Sentencing & Restorative Justice

Mr Hugh Arjonilla

Legal Practitioner/Clinical Teacher/Casual Academic
School of Law and Justice

Dr Mirella Atherton

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Banking & Finance Law

Dr Elena Aydos

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Climate Policy

Ms Sarah Breusch

Legal Practitioner
School of Law and Justice

Wills, Estates & Elder Law Issues

Bethany Butchers

Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Social Justice & Equity

Dr Tim Connor

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Human Rights & Employment Rights

Miss Sushmita Choudhury

Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Dr Stephenson Chow

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Human Rights & International Law

Professor Jane Goodman-Delahunty

Professor
School of Law and Justice

Evidence-Based Justice & Justice Reform

Dr Justin Ellis

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Media Criminology & Police Accountability

Associate Professor Neil Foster

Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice

Torts, Workplace Health and Safety & Law and Religion

Mr Peter Gogarty

Mr Peter Gogarty

Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Child Protection Law & Child Sexual Assault Victim Advocate

Dr Marie Hadley

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Intellectual Property Law

Dr Bin Li

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Space Law and Justice Technology

Associate Professor Amy Maguire

Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice

Human Rights & International Law

Associate Professor Xanthe Mallett

Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice

Wrongful Convictions, Innocence Projects & Cold Cases

Mr Daniel Matas

Legal Practitioner/Casual Academic
School of Law and Justice

Crime, Commercial Practice & Litigation

Dr Shaun McCarthy

Associate Professor and Director of the Legal Centre/Casual Academic
School of Law and Justice

Public Interest Advocacy, Miscarriage of Justice & Disability Law

Dr Kcasey McLoughlin

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Gender & Australian Law

Dr Donna McNamara

Senior Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

International Disability Law

Dr Suzana Nashkova

Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Competition Law & Intellectual Property Law

Dr Alice Neikirk

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Forced Migration & Restorative Justice

Dr Ray Nickson

Senior Lecturer - Criminology
School of Law and Justice

Restorative Justice

Dr Eliezer Sanchez-Lasaballett

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Law & Development

Dr Kevin Sobel-Read

Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice

Global Value Chains & Sovereignty

Professor Tania Sourdin

President of Academic Senate
President Academic Senate's Office

Justice Innovation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Ms Jacqueline Svenson

Legal Practitioner
School of Law and Justice

Public Environmental Interest Cases & Judicial Review

Dr David Tomkins

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Constitutional Law & Administrative Law

Dr Joseph Wenta

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

International Climate Governance & Australian Constitutional and Administrative Law

Ms Alanna Van Der Veen

Ms Alanna Van Der Veen

Associate Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Dr Yucong Wang

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

Dr Samuel Woldemariam

Lecturer
School of Law and Justice

International Law and Human Rights

Professional Staff

Ms Rachel Brien

School Executive Officer
School of Law and Justice

Ms Ingrid Barnes

Placement Officer
School of Law and Justice

Mrs Donna Jamieson

Administrative Officer
School of Law and Justice

Miss Debbie Willett

Administration Officer
School of Law and Justice

Miss Saskia Jones

Project Officer
School of Law and Justice

Miss Cecilia Vazquez Sanchez

Administrative Assistant
School of Law and Justice

Casual Teaching Staff

Ms Jacqueline Sales

Casual Academic
Newcastle Law School

Honorary Staff

Conjoint Professor Richard Anicich

Honorary Professor
Newcastle Law School

Conjoint Professor Richard Henry Anicich is interested in commercial litigation, projects & Infrastructure, insolvency and restructuring law. In 2017 Legal 500 Asia Pacific directory acknowledged Anicich as a leading insolvency and restructuring lawyer. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting, Finance & Systems) and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from University of New South Wales. Anicich is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a public notary and an accredited mediator. In 2018 for services to the Hunter, development of business, medical and legal research he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). He is currently Chair of the AICD Hunter Committee and a Director of the Hunter Business Chamber (the president between 2011-2014). Anicich also is a Non-Executive Director of Rural and Remote Medical Services Limited and Hunter Primary Care Ltd.

Associate Professor Avi Brisman

Honorary Professor
School of Law and Justice

Associate Professor Brisman’s research interests include the anthropology of law, critical criminology, cultural criminology, and green criminology. Within the area of green criminology, Associate Professor Brisman has written extensively on environmental rights, linkages between armed conflict and environmental degradation, representations of environmental crime and harm in film and literature, and individual and collective resistance to environmental crime and harm.

Dr Deen Sanders

Adjunct Professor of Practice
Newcastle School of Law and Justice

Conjoint Professor Michael Kirby

Honorary Professor
Newcastle Law School

The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG is an international jurist, educator and former judge. He served as a Deputy President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1975-83); Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1975-84); Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (1983-4); President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal (1984-96); President of the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands (1995-96) and Justice of the High Court of Australia (1996-2009).

Dr Nicola Ross

Honorary Associate Professor
School of Law and Justice

Dr John Woodward

Conjoint Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Legal Practitioner
Newcastle Law School