Honorary Appointments

Dr David Brennan

1 January 2018 - 1 February 2025

David Brennan has been a Visiting Fellow at the UTS Law Faculty since 2018. David has served as a long-standing Copyright Policy Consultant to Screenrights – The Audio-Visual Copyright Society, taught intellectual property at the tertiary level since 1996, including at the universities of Melbourne, Adelaide, Oxford and most recently at Monash, where he is teaching the post-graduate intellectual property program.  

David’s doctoral thesis was published by Kluwer Law International in 2003 under the title Retransmission and US Compliance with TRIPS and concerned whether a remunerated exception in US copyright law met a Berne-in-TRIPS minimum standard. In 2021, his treatise on Australian copyright law was published by The Federation Press under the title Copyright Law. David has served as an Editor of the Australian Intellectual Property Journal since 2007, and he is the author of over 40 published pieces of legal research, including his legal history articles ‘The Evolution of English Patent Clams as Property Definers’ in 2005 and ‘The Root of Title to Copyright in Works’ in 2015 both published in the Intellectual Property Quarterly. David is currently researching and writing a monograph titled ‘Patent Claims: Interpretation, Validity and Infringement’, which is planned for publication in 2025 by The Federation Press.
 

Angela Dwyer

1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026

Dr Angela Dwyer commenced her appointment as an Adjunct Fellow in January 2021. Angela joined the Faculty in 2005, having previously taught at La Trobe University. Prior to her academic career, Angela practised as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria and NSW for 22 years. Angela taught principally in the areas of International Environmental Law and Contracts. Angela continues to contribute to the Faculty's Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor programs, particularly through teaching and assessing in Contract Law. Angela is currently the Chair of the university Student Misconduct Appeals Committee.
Angela made a significant contribution to UTS in her role as Student Ombud from 2016 to 2018 and as Assistant Student Ombud from 2013 to 2015, along with membership of the University Conduct Committee and Appeals Committee from 2013 to 2020. 
Angela also served the Faculty of Law as the Director of Courses from 2018 to 2019 and as Director of Students from 2010 to 2012. In this role, Angela established the Faculty's student mentoring programs.
Angela's research and engagement is in the area of environmental law. Her doctoral dissertation examined the use of the Precautionary Principle in the listing of species and Key Threatening Processes under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth). For several years, Angela has been a Board member of Fauna and Flora International Australia and volunteered with International Animal Rescue in Borneo.  
 

Catherine Hinwood OBE

1 February 2024 - 1 February 2026

Catherine is National Health Service England’s Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme Director. She leads work to transform the NHS response to domestic abuse and sexual violence for both patients and staff.  The programme considers these crimes through a public health lens, looking at prevention, early intervention and resulting health inequalities, as well as improving support for victims. Catherine led on the introduction of the first ever cross healthcare system charter on sexual misconduct, with more than 250 organisations implementing fundamental changes to tackle sexual harassment and abuse.

Catherine was formerly Deputy Director of Family and Criminal Justice Policy in the Ministry of Justice, responsible for policy and commissioning for victims of crime in England and Wales. Catherine led the UK government’s response to Covid for victims, ensuring more than £100 million of emergency funding reached vital support services. She was also ‘Gender Champion’ at the MoJ, providing leadership to around 80,000 staff on gender equality in the workplace and driving the introduction of the first public sector sexual harassment policy.

Catherine started her legal career at the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2001, having completed a Bachelor of Arts/Law at UTS. She relocated to London to work at the Refugee Legal Centre, where she represented victims of trafficking, sexual violence, and torture. Catherine then joined the Ministry of Justice, working as a lawyer before moving to the Senior Civil Service to focus on policy and strategy. 

Catherine’s work has been recognised internationally; she was awarded an OBE in King Charles’s first honours list in 2023 and received the 2023 UTS Law Alumni Award.
 

Geoff Holland

11 December 2023 - 10 December 2024

Geoff Holland commenced his appointment as an Adjunct Fellow in December 2020, having served as a Lecturer at UTS since 2003.  Prior to joining UTS, he worked in criminal law policy development, media law, corporate publishing, and for a national media network. Geoff holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law and in Media Arts. 

Geoff taught Australian Constitutional Law, Media Law, Entertainment Law, Civil Liberties Law and Animal Law and Policy. He was also a barrister and practised in media law, defamation and constitutional law.  

Geoff’s service contribution as an academic included as a former member of the Board of Directors of Electronic Frontiers Australia, a member of the Editorial Board of the UTS Law Review (2003- 2006) and Co-Editor of Volume 5 of the Review, "The Public Right to Know". He is author of the Halsbury Laws of Australia chapter on Entertainment Law and edited and co-authored a book on Entertainment Law in Australia (released February 2017). Geoff also served as the Faculty’s Academic Liaison Officer, ensuring that students were supported in their learning.  

Geoff’s significant contribution to student learning was in the area of mooting. His long-serving role as Chair of the Faculty Mooting Management Committee and as coach of the Faculty mooting teams in constitutional law and media law mooting competitions has resulted in a strong and successful mooting culture in the Law Faculty.  

Robyn Pettit

1 March 2024 - 28 February 2027

Robyn Pettit commenced her appointment as an Adjunct Fellow in March 2021. Robyn joined the Law Faculty in 1996. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from UTS and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney.  

Robyn was a founding clinical practitioner in the Practical Legal Training program at UTS. At the time of its establishment, the PLT program was a unique innovation in legal education and has contributed significantly to the practical and career ready focus of UTS law graduates. Robyn’s practice as both a legal aid lawyer and a private practitioner enabled her to develop cutting-edge programs in criminal law and advocacy. Drawing on her strong and broad connections with the profession, Robyn introduced legal practitioners and magistrates as judges in court assessments.  

Robyn taught principally in the areas of Advocacy, Criminal Law, Evidence and Ethics, Law and Justice. Her teaching was informed by her work as a lawyer and her expertise in curriculum and practice-based assessment. Robyn was a key contributor to service and engagement, particularly as a judge in the UTS Law Students Society competitions and in the Brennan Justice and Leadership Program, a co-curricular initiative designed to enable students to grow their understanding and skills in public service and in community-based leadership.   

Robyn has continued her advocacy and volunteer work in social justice across a wide range of areas. Her strong connection to the Law Faculty continues with her pro bono role as volunteer coordinator at Anti-Slavery Australia.    
 

Nicholas Stewart

1 February 2024 - 1 February 2026

Nicholas is a senior partner at Dowson Turco Lawyers, an LGBTQ+ law firm based in Macquarie Street, Sydney. 

Nicholas is the Vice President Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) and has been an executive of ALHR for many years. Nicholas is also a graduate of the International Bar Association’s Business and Human Rights Program (2018), a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the Law Society of New South Wales (since 2020) where he is chair of the Women’s Advancement Subcommittee, and a casual lecturer and trainer with the Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) (since 2022), where he has taught DTP international masters students about international human rights law. At DTP, Nicholas has also trained participants of the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), in the international human rights system and access to justice through human rights agencies. 

Nicholas holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws. He graduated with his law degree at UTS in 2009. In that same year he was awarded the Elizabeth Hastings Memorial Human Rights Award and the UTS:LAW Alumni Association Award. In 2018 Nicholas was again awarded the UTS Alumni Award for community contribution. Since 2019, Nicholas has been a Friend of Distinction at UTS. 

In 2022 Nicholas was awarded the prestigious Law Society of NSW’s President’s Medal and in 2023 he was jointly awarded the ACON NSW President’s Award for his advocacy and tireless work for victims of LGBTQ hate crimes.
 

Pam Stewart

11 December 2023 to 10 December 2026

Pam Stewart commenced her appointment as an Adjunct Fellow in December 2020, after many years’ service in the Law Faculty at UTS as a senior lecturer. Prior to joining UTS in 1996, Pam was a solicitor in private practice. 

Pam’s expertise is in Tort Law where she continues to make a significant contribution through her scholarship. Her book, Australian Principles of Tort Law (with Professor Anita Stuhmcke), was the first response to the major tort law reforms that were introduced in all Australian jurisdictions in 2002 and is now in its 5th edition. The focus of much of Pam's continuing research in Tort Law has been on the way in which the law provides remedies for various classes of vulnerable plaintiff including adolescents and young people, victims of human trafficking and slavery and victims of institutional child abuse. Pam’s commitment to legal redress for vulnerable persons continues with her role as a member of the Management Committee of Anti-Slavery Australia.    

Pam completed a study (with Prof. Anita Stuhmcke) of negligence cases in the High Court of Australia over a 10 year period, which was published in 2014 in the Melbourne University Law Review and the Sydney Law Review. Pam and Anita have completed further empirical research concerning special leave applications to the High Court of Australia, with results published in the Sydney Law Review and the Federal Law Review in 2019 and 2020. Currency and relevance have always been integral to Pam’s teaching practice and her professional experience and research, captured in her writing, provides a practical perspective recognised and valued by students. 

Ann Ainslie-Wallace 

1 July 2022 - 30 June 2025

The Honourable Ann Ainslie-Wallace graduated in 1978 from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degree. In the same year, she was admitted to the New South Wales Bar where she practised as a barrister until her appointment to the bench of the District Court of New South Wales in July 1997. She also held the position of Deputy Chair of the NSW Medical Tribunal.

In 2010, Her Honour was appointed a member of the Appeals Division of the Family Court of Australia.  In 2021 she retired from that position and now holds the roles of Acting Justice Supreme Court of the ACT, Acting Judge District Court of NSW, Principal Member, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Occupational Division) and Deputy President of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal.

In October 2015 she was appointed Master of the Bench of The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. 

In October 2018 her Honour was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law UTS.

Her Honour is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

She is a Life Member of the National Judicial College of Australia and is a member of the NJCA Program Advisory Committee.

She is the Chair of the Australian Advocacy Institute’s Board of Directors. She is a faculty member of the Advanced International Advocacy Course, Keble College, Oxford.

Her Honour has a strong interest in encouraging and supporting UTS law students. She has been an Adjunct Professor since 2006 and is involved in the Faculty of Law’s High Achievers Mentoring Program.

Jeff Fitzgerald

2 February 2023 - 1 February 2025

Jeff FitzGerald obtained an Honours degree in Law from Melbourne University 
in 1965 , and served as Associate to Douglas Menzies J for 18 months. He then obtained an LL.M and a PhD in the Sociology of Law from Northwestern University in the USA.

Between 1972 and 1983 he taught Sociology and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, including a courses on Administrative Law and its efficacy, the Sociology of Law, and Prisons and Society. His main areas of research focused upon the legal profession and the poor, and grievance and dispute behaviour and resolution. He served 3 years as Dean of the School of Social Sciences.

From 1983 to 1995 he provided policy advice in the Victorian Premier’s  Department, and was Deputy Secretary in the Victorian Attorney-General’s Department. Thereafter he spent 10 years as Registrar at the University of Technology Sydney. Following his retirement at the end of 2006, he has acted as a consultant in the area of Higher Education governance, and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the AustLII Foundation.

He has recently written a biography of Brennan C.J. which aims to do justice to Brennan the man, as well as Brennan the judge, explore the relationship between the two, and provide readers with a deeper understanding of how the judges of the Australian High Court engage jurisprudentially over time to administer justice according to law in a complex and evolving society.

Rosemary Hunter KC (Hon), FAcSS

1 June 2021 - 31 May 2024

Professor Hunter is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Head of the Law School at the University of Kent.

Together with Professor Clare McGlynn and Dr Erika Rackley, she was one of the co-organisers of the Feminist Judgments Project in England and Wales, and she has subsequently co-organised, supported and advised similar projects in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Northern/Ireland, India, Scotland, Pakistan, Vietnam, Brazil, Central and Eastern Europe and in International Law, as well as a related project focusing on children’s rights. 

In 2019 she was appointed by the UK Ministry of Justice to an expert panel examining how family courts protect children and adult victims of domestic abuse in child arrangement proceedings. She was the lead author of the panel’s report, Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases (Ministry of Justice, 2020) which resulted in amendments to the then Domestic Abuse Bill and an ongoing program of significant reforms to the family justice system.

She was a founding editor in 2011 of feminists@law, an online open access journal of feminist legal scholarship, and continues to edit the journal with a group of Kent Law School colleagues. She is also a general editor of two book series: the Onati International Series in Law and Society (with David Nelken), published by Hart/Bloomsbury, and the Edward Elgar Research Handbooks in Law in Society (with Austin Sarat).

She is a former Chair of the UK Socio-Legal Studies Association and former member of the Governing Board of the Onati International Institute for Law and Society. In 2012 she was made a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences and in 2022 she was appointed KC (honoris causa) in recognition of her significant contributions to law outside the courtroom. 
 

Dr Mitchell Landrigan

29 March 2021 - 28 March 2024 

Dr Mitchell Landrigan commenced his current appointment as an Adjunct Professor in March 2021. Mitchell’s career as a commercial lawyer and as an accredited mediator brings professional expertise to the Faculty and, coupled with Mitchell’s research interests, is aligned with the Faculty’s focus on practice-based and real world education. 

Mitchell's research interests include public law, constitutional law, law and religion, competition law, and law & technology. His research expertise has led to several significant affiliations and memberships. Mitchell serves as a member of the Public Law Committee of the Law Society of NSW. He is also a member of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law, the International Society of Public Law and the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys. Mitchell is a Research Affiliate, Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion (RUSSLR) at the University of Adelaide.     

At the University level, Mitchell is a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC). At the Faculty level, his expertise in advocacy and negotiation enable him to contribute to the Faculty’s mooting program. 

Nicole (Nicky) McWilliam

8 August 2023 - 7 August 2026

Nicky McWilliam has a background in law, mediation and dispute resolution and her experience lies in commercial, business, workplace, construction, family and general mediation. She practised as a lawyer in private practice in Sydney at Allens and a London city law firm, working in the commercial and finance areas.

Nicky holds a Masters of Law majoring in dispute resolution and has a PhD in law in mediation and dispute resolution. She is accredited with the National Accreditation Mediation System (NMAS) and is registered with the Commonwealth Attorney Generals Department as an accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP). She served the NSW Government on The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority for 5 years (2016-2021) and completed a Professional Certificate in Arbitration in 2022.

Nicky has worked as a part-time academic and is currently an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology in subject areas including introductory legal studies, introductory dispute resolution, children and the law and juvenile justice, family law and legal remedies. She is involved with government, commercial and community organisations in relation to mediation services for dispute workplace, commercial and business entities.

Nicky is a finalist and recipient of various awards from mediation and dispute resolution organisations. These include the LEADR Award for Significant Contribution to ADR, the Australasian Law Awards and the Resolution Institute.
 

Nan Seuffert

2 January 2023 - 1 February 2025

Nan Seuffert is a Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC) at the University of Wollongong, as well as an Adjunct Professor at UTS.  She researches and publishes interdisciplinary work in the areas of law and society and law and humanities with a critical theory perspective and a focus on gender, race and sexuality.  She currently teaches Contracts in first year law, Law, Gender Sexuality as an elective, and occasionally, Capital Raising and Financial Product Regulation.

Professor Seuffert has been successful in attracting grants from public funders such as the Australian Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the New Zealand Fund for Science Research and Technology, as well as others.  Nan has been a Salaried Residential Fellow at the University of California Humanities Research Institute, a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley Law Center for the Study of Law and Society, and an invited visitor at the University of Kent Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality and the Malmo University Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies, among other universities and research centres.

Professor Seuffert’s current projects include ‘The Effects of Female Genital Mutilation Laws in Australia’, ARCDP200100902, ‘Women’s Voices, Listening and Law and Policy Reform on Violence Against Women’, and ‘An Evaluation of ‘Pop In’ Integrated Domestic Violence Services’.  
 

Bronwyn Olliffe

1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026

Bronwyn Olliffe commenced her appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor in January 2021, having served across a range of roles in education in the University and the Faculty. As a law academic, she is highly regarded as an exemplary legal educator with extensive professional and academic experience in private practice and in the scholarship of teaching.  

Bronwyn joined UTS in 1996 and took a lead role in the establishment of the ground-breaking Practical Legal Training Program (PLT), which continues as a distinctive and highly-regarded strength of the Law Faculty. At the time of its establishment, the PLT program was a unique innovation in legal education and has contributed significantly to the practical and career ready focus of UTS law graduates. Bronwyn was Director of the PLT Program from 1999 to 2001 and 2003 to 2006. She returned to this role as Director of Professional Education, which included the PLT program, from 2016 to 2020.  

Bronwyn’s significant contribution to the Law Faculty was in her role as Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) from 2007 to 2015. In this role, she was responsible for implementing innovative and effective teaching and learning initiatives, including the introduction of the JD program, the embedding of graduate attributes in all law courses and the establishment of an internship program.  

In 2011, Bronwyn, together with the (then) Dean, Professor Jill McKeough and the inaugural Sir Gerard Brennan Professor, Paul Redmond, established the Brennan Justice and Leadership Program. This was also a ground-breaking initiative which provides UTS law students with opportunities to strengthen their sense of social justice, and to develop the idea of service in professional contexts.  The program continues to flourish today. 

At the University level, Bronwyn was the University Student Ombudsman from 2003 to 2006. Her other service roles included as the Faculty Academic Liaison Officer (2006-2007) and the Faculty Director of Students (2006 to 2007).  

Bronwyn’s research interests in the changing role of universities as providers of professional training and the changing expectations and circumstances of students informed her work with Professor Sally Varnham on student engagement in university decision-making and governance. This work was funded by the (then) Office of Learning and Teaching and informed subsequent work on students as partners in their learning.  

Bronwyn is the current Chair of the UTS College Academic Board.

Beth Patterson 

21 November 2023 - 20 November 2026

Beth is Director of ESPconnect and is an Industry Adjunct Professor in the UTS Faculty of Law. ESPconnect is a leading legal technology and innovation consulting business and Beth works with clients to address the challenges of digital disruption, with a focus on strategy, product selection & implementation, education, and developing multidisciplinary teams. As a strategic consultant to businesses across the legal ecosystem, Beth's vision and leadership about the future of where people, process and technology are moving, creates competitive value for clients by connecting strategy to successful implementation and creating a collaborative culture between lawyers and technologists. She also consults widely across the legal ecosystem on the strategic implications of Artificial Intelligence, especially in this new era of Generative AI.

Prior to founding ESPconnect, she was Chief Legal and Technology Services Officer at Allens for 20 years, leading a large multidisciplinary team of legal and technology professionals. Responsible for the firm’s alternative service offering and digital transformation strategy, she played a key role in developing the firm's innovation agenda, driving cultural change. 

Beth played a key role in developing the Allens Neota UTS LawTech Challenge which she co-taught for many years. She is a member of the NSW Law Society AI Taskforce, the Law Council’s Federal Litigation & Dispute Resolution Legal Technology Committee, the EDRM Global Advisory Council, a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management (COLPM) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In recognition of her industry leadership, she won the 2017 Lexis Nexis Janders Dean Innovation Special Achievement Award, the 2016 LawTech Legal IT Leader of the Year - Large Firm, and the 2015 ILTA Litigation Support Professional of the Year Distinguished Peer Award.

Justin Moses

2 January 2023 - 1 February 2025

Justin has been an active participant in the evolution of the Australian in-house legal sector since joining it as graduate lawyer in 1987. Over the ensuing decades, Justin has amassed deep experience in the leadership of legal teams and change management in areas as diverse as team culture, engagement, high-performance, efficiency, innovation, technology and wellbeing. In 2022, Justin received the Law Society of NSW’s Award for Excellence in In-House Practice. 

Justin is currently the in-House Lawyer/Legal Counsel for AIME Mentoring, an indigenous not-for-profit corporation focused on building mentoring bridges between those who enjoy privilege and those whose circumstances place them outside society’s margins.

Justin is a true believer in the power of industry-based conversations, and is a member of ACC Australia, Justice Connect, The Governance Institute of Australia and is a Graduate Member of the AICD. He is an Adjunct Professional Fellow of UTS Faculty of Law, and a member of Faculty’s Legal Industry Advisory Board.

Justin regularly participates in mentoring programs for young professionals through ACC Australia, UTS Faculty of Law, the NSW Law Society and the Westpac Foundation.

Rob Nicholls

20 February 2024 - 19 February 2027

Dr Rob Nicholls is a professional fellow at UTS Sydney Law. His research work focuses on the intersection of technology and regulation. He also advises senior executives of regulators, governments, and the regulated sector both in Australia and overseas. 

In academia, Rob has won and managed grants from the ARC as well as from industry partners. He has appeared as an expert witness in Federal Court proceedings. Rob has made numerous submissions to government inquiries and regularly provides media commentary. 

Rob has had a forty-year career concentrating on competition, regulation, and governance. His first degree was in electronics and communications engineering from the University of Birmingham, and he was awarded his PhD and MA by UNSW Sydney. Before moving to academia, he worked for Webb Henderson, the ACCC and spent twelve years as a client-facing consultant at Gilbert + Tobin, including as a partner. From 2012 to 2020, Rob was Australia’s Independent Telecommunications Adjudicator. He is an accredited mediator.
 

Andrew Chew

6 August 2023 - 5 August 2024

Andrew Chew is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law and an adjunct associate professor at the School of Building in the DAB Faculty at UTS.  Andrew recently retired as a partner at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and during his legal career, has established an excellent reputation in major projects and have worked on a number of Australia’s most significant transport, mining, energy and water infrastructure projects, as well as public and social housing facilities. Andrew has wide ranging experience across various infrastructure fields including public-private partnerships, transport, hospitals and property development. He has a particular interest in the development of project documentation for construction, building, infrastructure and process plant projects and alliancing projects, and mining projects.  He is also a qualified engineer.  He has been recognised as a leading lawyer in infrastructure and construction law in the Chambers Asia Pacific Guide, International Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers and Doyle’s Guide (Australia).