Meet our Law team
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Associate Professor David Heilpern
Chair of Discipline (Law)
David Heilpern was a Magistrate and judicial trainer from 1998 to 2020. Prior to this appointment, David was a litigation lawyer on the North Coast where he co-founded the law school at SCU in 1992, David graduated with a Masters in Law from SCU and was the Alumni of the Decade in 2005. In August 2022 was appointed as a Dean and Chair of Discipline (Law) at SCU. David is passionate about legal education, seeking to ensure that students are stimulated, excited and fulfilled.
Course coordinators
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Dr John Orr
BHumanMvSt(UQ), LLB(Hons)(SCU), PhD(QUT)
Course Coordinator Master of Laws (Business Law), Master of Business Law, Graduate Certificate in Business Law, Bachelor of Laws & Double Degrees in Law, Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies, & Associate Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies)
Dr Rohan Price
BA, LLB (UTAS), LLM (UTAS), DPhil (UNE)
HDR Convenor and Honours Coordinator, Lecturer
Faculty
Associate Professor Jennifer Nielsen
BSc(Monash), LLB(Hons)(Monash), PhD(Melb)
Associate Professor
Ms Emma Babbage
BArts(SCU), BEd(SCU), LLB(Hons)(SCU)
Casual Academic (Teaching)
Ms Julia Cook
BA(Hons)(Murdoch), LLB(Hons)(Melb)
Casual Academic (Teaching)
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Ms Yvette Holt
BA(Hons)(Syd), LLB(Hons)(Syd), LLM(Hons)(Camb)
Lecturer
Mr Lance Jones
AssocDipSocial Work(UniSA), BA(UNE), LLB(UNE), GradCert(OutdoorEd)(UniSA), LLM(LP)(ANU)
Casual Academic (Teaching), Adjunct Fellow
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Mr Aidan Ricketts
LLB(Hons)(UQ), LLM(QUT), MEd(JCU)
Lecturer
Ms Emma Somerville
BA(Jurisprudence)(Adelaide), LLB(Adelaide), GradDipLegPrac(UniSA)
Casual Academic (Teaching)
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Dr Jonathan Harlen
BA (VUW), LLB(Hons) (SCU)
Lecturer
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Mr Warwick Fisher
BEd(JCU), BLegS(Macq)
Lecturer (Teaching Scholar)
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Ms Helen Walsh
AssocDipBus(UNE), LLB(SCU), LLM(QUT)
Lecturer (Teaching Scholar)
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Associate Professor Mark Wellard
Associate Professor
Mark is a leading insolvency, corporate and commercial law academic, having previously practised as a lawyer in Australia, the UK and as Legal Director of ARITA, Australia's peak professional association for insolvency practitioners. Mark is a member of The Law Council of Australia's Insolvency & Restructuring Committee. Mark's professional experience and engagement inform both his teaching and research. Mark is passionate about readying law students for the demands of legal practice.
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Dr Georgina Dimopoulos
Senior Lecturer
Dr Georgina Dimopoulos is an Australian lawyer and a socio-legal researcher with expertise in legal and policy evaluation, and doctrinal, qualitative and empirical research, across the areas of family law, children's rights, privacy and family violence. Her book, Decisional Privacy and the Rights of the Child (Routledge, 2022), presents a new model for enabling and listening to children’s voices in decision-making processes.
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Dr Tom Round
BA(Hons)(Qld), LLB(Qld), PhD(Griff)
Lecturer
Practice Professors
The Practice Professorial Program in the Law Discipline at Southern Cross University fosters professional engagement and builds linkages between the Faculty and professional practice.
It does so by inviting accomplished and respected current or former legal practitioners to take up pro bono adjunct professorial roles and to work with the Faculty on relevant activities.
The program is a unique opportunity for the profession to influence the academic life of the Faculty, while also enabling staff and students to engage with leading local, national and international practitioners.
Contact the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts - Southern Cross
Executive Dean of Faculty
T: +61 7 5589 3054
Associate Dean (Education)
T: +61 2 6620 3848