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Ms Rachel Brien

School Executive Officer

Newcastle Law School

• Rachel.Brien@newcastle.edu.au
• 49215839

Ms Ingrid Barnes

Placement Officer

Newcastle Law School

• Ingrid.Barnes@newcastle.edu.au
• 4921 5531 or 4921 8666

Mrs Donna Jamieson

Administrative Assistant

Newcastle Law School

• Donna.Jamieson@newcastle.edu.au
• 4921 8774

Miss Debbie Willett

Administrative Assistant

Newcastle Law School

• Debra.Willett@newcastle.edu.au
• 405 53417

Mr Hugh Arjonilla

Legal Counsel/Casual Academic

Legal Office|Newcastle Law School

• Hugh.Arjonilla@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 6356

Dr Mirella Atherton

Casual Lecturer/Casual Newstep Teacher/Casual Academic

Learning and Teaching|Learning and Teaching|Newcastle Law School

• Mirella.Atherton@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Alysoun Boyle

Casual MOOC Course Moderator/Casual Academic

Learning and Teaching|Newcastle Law School

• Alysoun.Boyle@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Louise Buckingham

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

Dr Winnie Ma

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

Mr Egbert Groen

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Egbert.Groen@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 7966

Ms Hasanthi Kingsley

Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School|School of Architecture and Built Environment

• Hasanthi.Kingsley@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Rose Laffan

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Rose.Laffan@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Ashleigh Lindsay-Brown

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Ashleigh.John@newcastle.edu.au

Mr Alexander Madafiglio

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Alexander.Madafiglio@newcastle.edu.au

Miss Jacqueline Meredith

Associate Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant

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• Jacqueline.Meredith@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Sara Rayment

Conjoint Associate Professor/Casual Academic

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• Sara.Rayment@newcastle.edu.au

Miss Rhanee Rego

Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant

Newcastle Law School|Newcastle Law School

• Rhanee.Rego@newcastle.edu.au

Mr Stephen Rigby

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Stephen.Rigby@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Jackie Sales

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Jackie.Sales@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Jacqueline Sales

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

Dr Eliezer Sanchez-Lasaballett

Education Focused Academic

Newcastle Law School

• E.Sanchez-Lasaballett@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 8666

Ms Kate Slowey

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Kate.Slowey@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Lynette Stoker

Conjoint Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic/Casual Academic

School of Health Sciences|School of Humanities and Social Science|Newcastle Law School|School of Humanities and Social Science|School of Humanities and Social Science

• Lynette.Stoker@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 5756

Mrs Cheryl Sykes

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Cheryl.Sykes@newcastle.edu.au

Ms Ruth Talbot-Stokes

Senior Research Librarian/Casual Academic

University Library|Newcastle Law School

• Ruth.Talbot-Stokes@newcastle.edu.au
• (02) 4921 8881

Ms Lucy Urach

Casual Academic

Newcastle Law School

• Lucy.Urach@newcastle.edu.au

Conjoint Professor Richard Anicich

Conjoint 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.

• Richard.Anicich@newcastle.edu.au

Associate Professor Avi Brisman

Conjoint Associate Professor

Newcastle Law School

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.

• Avi.Brisman@newcastle.edu.au

Professor Fred Ellinghaus

Conjoint Professor

Newcastle Law School

Fred Ellinghaus was educated at the University of Melbourne and at Yale University. He has taught, researched and published mainly in the area of contract law. He is co-author (with N C Seddon) of Cheshire and Fifoot's Contract Law, 7th Australian edition (1997), 8th Australian edition (2002), and 9th Australian edition (2008). He is also co-author (with E W Wright) of An Australian Contract Code (Law Reform Commission of Victoria,1992), and of Models of Contract Law (Federation Press, 2005).

• Fred.Ellinghaus@newcastle.edu.au

Conjoint Professor Michael Kirby

Conjoint 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).

• Michael.Kirby@newcastle.edu.au