La Trobe Law School Executive

Professor Lorne Neudorf

Professor Lorne Neudorf is Dean of the La Trobe Law School. He is a qualified Canadian barrister and solicitor and received his legal education in Canada (Juris Doctor, University of Victoria); LLM (McGill University) and the United Kingdom (PhD, University of Cambridge). Prior to joining La Trobe, he was Deputy Dean of Law and Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide. Professor Neudorf has taught public law in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. His research takes a comparative perspective, focusing on legal institutions and the lawmaking process, with a particular interest in delegated legislation. Professor Neudorf’s work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, state and federal parliaments and the executive government. He has held several research grants as Chief Investigator, including from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Professor Neudorf is also co-founder and general editor of a new global book series, The Rule of Law in Context, published by Hart/Bloomsbury.

Associate Professor Madelaine Chiam

Associate Professor Madelaine Chiam is the Deputy Dean and Associate Dean, Academic and Partnerships in the La Trobe Law School. Associate Professor Chiam’s research examines the relationships between the global and the local, and the language and histories of international law. She has a particular interest in the role of international law in Australian life. These research interests are drawn together in her book, International Law in Public Debate (2021). Dr Chiam is a member of the faculty of the Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law and Policy Workshop, a founding member of the La Trobe International Legal Studies Research Group and serves on the Council of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Dr Pascale Chifflet

Dr Pascale Chifflet is Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching in the La Trobe Law School. Dr Chifflet researches and teaches in the areas of international criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence law, with a particular focus on the study of systemic processes and their relationship to the broader idea of justice. She draws on her legal practice background and exposure to multiple legal systems to interrogate the effectiveness of criminal justice processes and examine potential reforms. Dr Chifflet is currently involved in a qualitative research project that evaluates the mechanisms designed to prevent and correct miscarriages of justice. She is also engaged in a collaborative project, in partnership with community legal organisations, on police accountability reform in Victoria. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr Chifflet worked for ten years at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Netherlands.

Dr Maria Elander

Dr Maria Elander is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of Graduate Research at La Trobe Law School. She holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne, an MA in Human Rights Law from SOAS University of London, and a BA and BSS from Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr Elander researches in the fields of international criminal justice, law and humanities, and feminist legal theory, and is currently examining questions relating to testimony and archive in the aftermath of atrocity. Her monograph, Figuring Victims in International Criminal Justice, the Case of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Routledge, 2018), won the 2019 Early Career Researcher Penny Pether Prize, awarded by the Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia. At the La Trobe Law School, she teaches into the Bachelor of Criminology and the Criminology Honours program. She is a founding member of the La Trobe International Legal Studies Research Group.

Professor Louis de Koker

Professor Louis de Koker is Associate Dean, Research and Industry Engagement in the La Trobe Law School. His research investigates financial technologies and the impact of financial crime standards on developing economies. His work on integrity laws and their impact on financial inclusion has been cited in publications of international bodies including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the Financial Action Task Force and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Professor de Koker is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Commercial and Labour Law of the University of the Western Cape. His recent books include a co-edited volume with Doron Goldbarsht, Financial Technology and the Law: Combating Financial Crime (Springer, 2022) and a co-written volume with Manet Basson, Pieter Smit and John Symington, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Law and Compliance in South Africa (LexisNexis South Africa, 2023).

Ms Amber Treseder Fitts

Ms Amber Treseder Fitts is the Senior School Manager for the La Trobe Law School. Ms Treseder Fitts has over 15 years of experience in Australian and international higher education, which has provided her with a sophisticated knowledge of the sector. She has complimented her specialist skills with a Master of Tertiary Education (Management), bringing a strong theoretical underpinning to the governance, operations and strategic planning for the School.

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