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Mr Jason O'Neil

Mr Jason O'Neil

Senior Lecturer

Bachelor of Laws, UNSW
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours and the University Medal), UNSW
Graduate Certificate in Wiradjuri Language, Culture and Heritage, Charles Sturt University

Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Jason O'Neil is a Wiradjuri man and Lecturer in the School of Global and Public Law. Jason is also a Scientia PhD Candidate in the School of Social Sciences, with a PhD project focused on redefining Indigenous self-determination in Australian public policy. His research and teaching interests span Indigenous Studies, public law, and public policy, with an emphasis on Indigenous peoples' cultural resurgence and rights to self-determination as nations.

Jason was previously the Director of Indigenous Legal Education for three years, and is deeply passionate about supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to pursue legal education and enter the legal profession. He is currently the Executive Director of Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, the peak body for First Nations lawyers and law students in NSW and the ACT, and driven the revitalisation of Ngalaya over the past five years.

Jason is admitted as a Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Phone
+61 2 9348 0756
E-mail
jason.oneil@unsw.edu.au
Location
Law & Justice Building UNSW Sydney 2052
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    O'Neil J; Christopher W, 2023, 'Intergovernmental coordination', in Barry N; Chen P; Haigh Y; Motta SC; Perche D (ed.), Australian Politics and Policy: Senior Edition 2023, Sydney University Press, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.30722/sup.9781743328859
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Perche D; O'Neil J, 2019, 'Indigenous politics', in Chen P; Barry N; Butcher J; Clune D; Cook I; Garnier A; Haigh Y; Motta SC; Taflaga M (ed.), Australian Politics and Policy, Sydney University Press, pp. 390 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.30722/sup.9781743326671
  • Journal articles | 2021
    O’Neil J; O'Neil J, 2021, 'Designing an Indigenous Voice that empowers: How constitutional recognition could strengthen First Nations sovereignty', Alternative Law Journal, 46, pp. 199 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X211009628
    Journal articles | 2014
    O'Neil J, 2014, 'Indigenous Constitutional Recognition and the Politics of Distraction', Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8, pp. 15 - 17
  • Theses / Dissertations | 2019
    O'Neil J, 2019, mayiny dhuri-nya: indigenous resurgence, continuation and nation rebuilding: Strategies from Turtle Island for Australia’s First Nations, Nura Gili Centre for Indigenous Programs

Jason's research is interdisciplinary, spanning Indigenous Studies, public policy and public law.  At the heart of his research is Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination, and Indigenous resurgence through assertions of nationhood.

My Teaching

Jason currently teaches Principles of Public Law and Indigenous Peoples and the Law.

Jason previously convened and taught into the Faculty's long-standing Indigenous Pre-Law Program, in collaboration with colleagues from the Law Faculty and Nura Gili. Pre-Law is an alternative entry pathway with a focus on developing Indigenous student's core legal thinking skills, and an overview of the Australian legal system and elements of negligence law. He also teaches the faculty's Foundations Enrichment courses, which provide ongoing support and tutorials for first year Indigenous law students alongside Introducing Law and Justice and Torts.

Jason has also taught into the Indigenous Studies major, particularly Indigenous Australia, Aboriginal Sydney, and the Science of Indigenous Knowledges.