Useful contacts

Your lecturer is generally the first person to speak to if you have any concerns about academic matters. If that doesn't seem appropriate, or you're not comfortable doing so, the order of consultation is: 

• the convenor of the course (found on your course outline) 
• Director of Law Undergraduate Studies (LLB), Kayleen Manwaring
• Director of Criminology Undergraduate Studies (BCCJ), Alyce McGovern
• Director of JD Studies, John Page
• Director Postgraduate Studies, Lisa Toohey
• Director of Practical Legal Training, Vedna Jivan
• Head of School, Private & Commercial Law, Mimi Zou
• Head of School, Global & Public Law, Theunis Roux
• Head of School, Law, Society & Criminology, Lyria Bennett Moses
• Grievance Officer, Justine Rogers

Student Integrity Officers

• School of Private & Commercial Law: Anton Didenko
• School of Global & Public Law: TBC
• School of Law, Society & Criminology: TBC

Postgraduate Specialisation Convenors

• Chinese International Business & Economic Law – Lu Wang
• Corporate, Commercial & Taxation Law – Deborah Healey
• Criminal Justice & Criminology – Kev Dertadian
• Dispute Resolution – Kun Fan
• Environmental Law & Sustainable Development - Amelia Thorpe
• Human Rights Law & Policy
• International Law – Daniel Joyce
• Media, Intellectual Property & Technology Law - Michael Handler

You're very welcome to approach academic staff, although you should not expect to receive an immediate response. Teaching is one of many parts of an academic’s job, please make an appointment or find out when their consulting hours are. 

Studying full-time can leave little room for work. If you hit financial difficulties, you can seek out the following services for assistance:

• Student loans from UNSW   
• Youth Allowance, Austudy and Abstudy payments from Centrelink 
• HECS-HELP loans to cover all or part of the student contribution amount 
• FEE-HELP loans to help pay part or all of tuition fees 
• Assistance for international students  
• Scholarship opportunities

Please visit this website for further information on the above services.

UNSW Psychology and Wellness are available Monday to Friday to help all students with:  

• counselling for individuals 
• support and transition to university 
• motivational support 
• personal skills development  
• psychological services 
• anxiety and mood management 
• stress management programs. 

We also offer online self-help guides and  training and workshops, and can provide information about external mental health services to meet your needs.