Lance Jones

Lance Jones is a Practice Professor and Unit Assessor in the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts at Southern Cross University.

Before retiring from legal practice, Lance was the Principal Practitioner of his own law firm. He was a member of the South Australian Mental Health Practitioners Panel and a qualified Independent Children's Lawyer. His extensive professional career also included 25 years as Chief Executive Officer of a major disability services organisation, where he was responsible for strategic leadership, business development and organisational management.

Lance has taught at Southern Cross University since 2006 across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, including Legal and Conveyancing Practice Management, International Business Law, Stock Exchange and Finance Law, Global Business Law, Company Law of Papua New Guinea, and Business and Corporations Law within several master's degree programs.

He has also developed, written and reviewed university courses, including International Business Law and Legal Studies for SCU's international students. His commitment to teaching excellence was recognised with two Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Commendations in 2014 and 2015.

Lance's international academic experience includes an appointment as Visiting International Professor at Universit de la Fondation Dr Aristide (UNIFA) in Haiti, where he taught International Law in the Faculty of Law and Mental Health and Disability Law in the Faculty of Medicine. He is also regularly engaged as visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management Rohtak in India, teaching Industrial Relations and Social Justice.

Beyond his academic and professional career, Lance is an accomplished actor and musician, having performed in numerous professional and community theatrical productions. His principal roles have included appearances in The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Anything Goes. He has also appeared in an Australian feature film and, in 2021, performed a 35-minute soliloquy in the critically acclaimed two-hander VOID at HOTA on Australia's Gold Coast.

Lance also produced and narrated the acclaimed educational documentary ANZAC for Schools, filmed on location at ANZAC Cove in Trkiye. He continues to enjoy an active musical career, regularly performing to full houses at the Adelaide Fringe with his showband, The Sneaky Little Band.