Faculty Leadership

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Dean & Deputy Dean

Andrew Lynch - Dean

Professor Andrew Lynch is the Dean of the UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice. He has previously served as Head of School and Deputy Dean. He teaches and researches in the field of Australian constitutional law. His research concentrates on the topics of federalism, judicial dissent, judicial appointments reform, and legal responses to terrorism.

Melanie Schwartz - Deputy Dean (Education)

Melanie Schwartz is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice. Melanie convenes and teaches Criminal Law, Advanced Criminal Law and the criminal justice stream in the Diploma of Humanities.

Associate Deans

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Associate Dean (Academic)
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Associate Dean (Research)
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Associate Dean (International)

Heads of School

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Law, Society and Criminology (Acting)

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Global and Public Law

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Private and Commercial Law

Faculty Executive Director

Rebecca Lawrence 

Faculty Executive Director

Directors

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Director of Undergraduate Studies (BCCJ)

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Director of Undergraduate Studies (LLB)

Leon Terrill

Director of JD Studies

Lisa Toohey LLM Director Law

Director of Postgraduate Studies (LLM)

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Practical Legal Training Director

Dimity Kingsford-Smith

Director of Postgraduate Research

Svetlana Tyulkina

Director of Learning and Teaching

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Director of Indigenous Legal Education

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Director of Impact & Engagement

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Director of Experiential Learning

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Director of Competitions

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Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion