Our people
Newcastle Law School 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
Professor John Anderson
Deputy Head of Faculty
Office PVC - Business and Law
- John.Anderson@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7099
Associate Professor Neil Foster
Associate Professor
Newcastle Law School
- Neil.Foster@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7430
Mrs Julie Hughes
Legal Practitioner / Clinical Teacher (Practice Program)/Casual Academic
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- JULIE.HUGHES@NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
- (02) 40339148
Associate Professor Amy Maguire
Associate Professor
Newcastle Law School
- Amy.Maguire@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5374
Mr Daniel Matas
Legal Practitioner/Casual Academic/Casual Academic
Newcastle Law School|Newcastle Business School|Newcastle Law School
- Daniel.Matas@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8690
Dr Kevin Sobel-Read
Deputy Head of School
Newcastle Law School
- Kevin.Sobel-Read@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6613
Professor Tania Sourdin
Head of School & Dean
Newcastle Law School
- Tania.Sourdin@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 492 15839
Ms Jacqueline Svenson
Legal Practitioner
Newcastle Law School
- Jacquie.Svenson@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8803
Mr Dan Toohey
Legal Practitioner/Clinical Advisor
Newcastle Law School
- Dan.Toohey@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4985 4034
Professional Staff
Ms Ingrid Barnes
Placement Officer
Newcastle Law School
- Ingrid.Barnes@newcastle.edu.au
- 4921 5531 or 4921 8666
Mrs Mellissa Coad
Administrative Officer
Newcastle Law School
- Mellissa.Coad@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 492 15419
Mrs Donna Jamieson
Administrative Assistant
Newcastle Law School
- Donna.Jamieson@newcastle.edu.au
- 4921 8774
Casual Teaching Staff
- Miss Debra Allan Casual Academic
- Ms Christine Armstrong Casual Academic/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: Christine.Armstrong@newcastle.edu.au
- Dr Mirella Atherton Casual Lecturer/Casual Newstep Teacher/Casual Academic/Casual Teacher/Casual Academic E: Mirella.Atherton@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Laura Bennett Casual Academic E: Laura.Bennett@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Alysoun Boyle Casual Academic/Casual Assistant Content Developer/Casual MOOC Course Moderator E: Alysoun.Boyle@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Sarah Breusch Legal Practitioner/Casual Academic E: Sarah.Breusch@newcastle.edu.au T: 18605
- Mr Samuel Bright Casual Academic E: Samuel.Bright@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 8857
- Mr Alexei Brown Casual Academic E: Alexei.Brown@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Claire Campbell Casual Academic E: Claire.Campbell@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Khiara Cummings Casual Academic E: Khiara.Cummings@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4913 8284
- Miss Sofia Davey Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: Sofia.Davey@newcastle.edu.au
- Dr Kate Davies Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: Kate.Davies@newcastle.edu.au T: 4055 3106
- Dr Catherine Lee Casual Academic E: Catherine.Lee@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr Graham Ellis Casual Academic E: Graham.Ellis@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Amy Elton Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic E: Amy.Elton@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Ellen Ferris Casual Academic
- Mr Matthew Freestone Casual Academic
- Mr Blake Grierson Casual Research Assistant/Casual Research Assistant/Casual ISSP Tutor Wollotuka/Casual Academic E: Blake.Grierson@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr Egbert Groen Casual Academic E: Egbert.Groen@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 7966
- Ms Caroline Hamilton Casual Academic
- Ms Jane Healy Casual Academic E: Jane.Healy@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Natalie Holmes Casual Academic E: Natalie.L.Holmes@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Vania Holt Casual Academic E: Vania.Holt@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Julie Hughes Legal Practitioner / Clinical Teacher (Practice Program)/Casual Academic E: JULIE.HUGHES@NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU T: (02) 40339148
- Ms Briony Johnston Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic/Casual ISSP Tutor Wollotuka/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Research Assistant E: Briony.Johnston@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4042 0410
- Mr Andrew Knight Casual Academic E: Andrew.S.Knight@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Rose Laffan Casual Academic E: Rose.Laffan@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Katherine Lindsay Senior Lecturer/Casual Academic E: Katherine.Lindsay@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 5872
- Ms Ashleigh Lindsay-Brown Casual Academic E: Ashleigh.John@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Madeleine Mackenzie Casual Academic E: Madeleine.Mackenzie@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr Alexander Madafiglio Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: Alexander.Madafiglio@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Shivakami Martin Casual Academic E: Shivakami.Martin@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Kylie Maso Casual Academic E: Kylie.Maso@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 7899
- Mr Daniel Matas Legal Practitioner/Casual Academic/Casual Academic E: Daniel.Matas@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 8690
- Ms Elizabeth McDonald Casual Academic E: Elizabeth.J.McDonald@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Jacqueline Meredith Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Reseach Assistant E: Jacqueline.Meredith@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Amanda Mifsud Casual Academic E: Amanda.Jubb@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Claudia Mitchell Casual Academic E: Claudia.Mitchel@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Catherine Lee Casual Academic E: Catherine.Lee10@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Madeline Muddle Casual Research Assistant/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: madeline.muddle@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr William Nicholls Casual Academic
- Mr Lachie Page Casual Academic E: Lachie.Page@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Carey Pearson Casual Academic
- Mr Blake Pepper Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic/Casual ISSP Tutor Wollotuka E: blake.pepper@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr Joe Petry Casual Academic E: Joe.Petry@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Sara Rayment Conjoint Associate Professor/Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic E: Sara.Rayment@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Rhanee Rego Casual Reseach Assistant/Casual Academic E: Rhanee.Rego@newcastle.edu.au
- Mr Stephen Rigby Casual Academic E: Stephen.Rigby@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Lisa Ritter Casual Academic E: Lisa.J.Brew@newcastle.edu.au
- Associate Professor Sven Rudolph Casual Academic E: Sven.Rudolph@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Jackie Sales Casual Academic E: Jacqueline.Sales@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Jacqueline Sales Casual Academic
- Dr Eliezer Sanchez-Lasaballett Education Focused Academic E: E.Sanchez-Lasaballett@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 8666
- Ms Kartika Singh-Panwar Casual Academic E: kartika.singhpanwar@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Kate Slowey Casual Academic
- Mr Steve Spadjer Casual Academic E: Steve.Spadjer@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Lynette Stoker Conjoint Lecturer/Casual Academic/Casual Research Assistant E: Lynette.Stoker@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 5756
- Miss Emily Strachan Casual Academic E: Emily.Strachan@newcastle.edu.au
- Mrs Cheryl Sykes Casual Academic E: Cheryl.Sykes@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Ruth Talbot-Stokes Senior Research Librarian/Casual Academic E: Ruth.Talbot-Stokes@newcastle.edu.au T: (02) 4921 8881
- Ms Katie Thompson Casual Academic E: Katie.Thompson@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Rhea Thrift Casual Research Assistant/Casual Academic E: Rhea.Thrift@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Lucy Urach Casual Academic E: Lucy.Urach@newcastle.edu.au
- Miss Brooke Watson Casual Academic E: Brooke.Watson@newcastle.edu.au
- Ms Lisa Williams Project Manager/Casual Academic/Casual Course Enhancement Assistant E: Lisa.Williams@newcastle.edu.au
- Professor Robin Woellner Casual Academic
- Mr Samuel Woldemariam Casual Academic E: Samuel.Woldemariam@newcastle.edu.au
Conjoints
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.
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.
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).
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).