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Ms Michelle Evans

Senior Lecturer
BA, LLB, LLM (Research)

Michelle Evans joined the Murdoch School of Law on 1 July 2009. She is a graduate of Murdoch University where she completed a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws by Research. Before commencing her academic career, Michelle practiced primarily in the areas of commercial property law and general commercial law.

Michelle has joined Murdoch from the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle where she was a Senior Lecturer and the Assistant Dean of Law. Her role as Assistant Dean involved assisting in the strategic planning, organisation and marketing of the School, and advising the Dean on academic, staffing and other managerial matters as part of the School of Law Executive.

In the six and a half years that Michelle was at Notre Dame she course co-ordinated and lectured in many law subjects including Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Law and Contract Law. From 2003 to 2005 Michelle was also the co-ordinator of the Practical Skills Seminars for Property Law. She assisted with the co-ordination of the Law and Social Justice and Integrated Legal Research II units as part of her role as the joint co-ordinator of the Juris Doctor Programme in 2003. She has been a guest lecturer on the subject of Property Law in the Curtin University Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.

Michelle received Letters of Commendation from the Provost and Vice Chancellor of Notre Dame for teaching excellence in Semester 2, 2005, Semester 1 and 2, 2006, Semester 1 and 2, 2007 (she was on maternity leave in 2008). She was the Notre Dame School of Law’s Nominee for the Carrick Institute Awards for Teaching Excellence in 2007. Michelle served on several Committees whilst at Notre Dame including chairing the School of Law Marketing Committee and the John H O’Halloran Law Scholarship Committee. She also served as a committee member of the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Michelle is the Secretary of Helping Bali Kids Inc, a not for profit licensed charity based in Western Australia, established to provide both financial and educational support to two orphanages in Bali.
Career:
   
July 2009–Present, Murdoch University Senior Lecturer
2008-June 2009, University of Notre Dame Australia Assistant Dean/ Senior Lecturer
2007-2008, University of Notre Dame Australia Senior Lecturer
2004-2007, University of Notre Dame Australia Lecturer
2003-2004, University of Notre Dame Australia Associate Lecturer
2002-2003, Michael, Whyte & Co Lawyers Lawyer
1999-2002, Minter Ellison Lawyers Lawyer
1998-1999, Elizabeth Wiese & Associates Lawyers Articled Clerk
   
Education:
  • Currently undertaking a PhD in the area of Constitutional Law through the School of Business Law and Taxation at Curtin University
  • 2006 – LLM (Research) from Murdoch University
  • 2000 – Admission to the High Court of Australia
  • 1999 – Admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
  • 1999 –LLB from Murdoch University
  • 1996 –BA from Murdoch University
Teaching:

Units taught and coordinated:

  • LAW259 Constitutional Law
   
Publications:

Refereed Journal Articles:

  1. “Great Expectations: Equity, Inheritance and the Family Farm” (2007) Volume 9 Legal Issues in Business (joint with Robyn Honey), 47
  2. “Censorship and Morality in Cyberspace: Regulating the Gender-Based Harms of Pornography Online” (2007) Volume 11 Southern Cross University Law Review, 1
  3. “Censoring Internet Pornography in Australia: A Call for a civil rights approach” (2006) Volume 10 University of Western Sydney Law Review, 75
  4. “What’s Morality got to do with it? The Gender-based harms of pornography” (2006) Volume 10 Southern Cross University Law Review, 89
  5. “Pornography and Australia’s Sex Discrimination Legislation: A Call for a More Effective Approach to the Regulation of Sexual Inequality” (December 2006) Volume 8 The University of Notre Dame Law Review, 81

Book reviews, case notes and other publications:

  1. Book Review: “Gay Male Pornography: An Issue of Sex Discrimination (Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press, 2004) By Christopher N. Kendall” (December 2005) Volume 7 The University of Notre Dame Law Review, 127
  2. “Liability of Local Government for Failing to Exercise Statutory Powers” Part 2 (February 2001) Number 3, Volume 6, Local Government Law Journal, 126 (joint with Colleen Pratt)
  3. “HIV Prevention in WA Prisons” (1997) Volume 22 Alternative Law Journal, 308

Pending Publications:

  1. “The Harms of Pornographic ‘Speech’: Lessons from the United States and Canada for an Australian Bill of Rights” accepted for publication in the Applied Journal of Law and Public Policy in December 2009
  2. “LexisNexis Study Guide: Administrative Law” (joint with Sarah Withnall), due for publication in early 2010
Contact:
   
Address:  
ELC/2.008, School of Law +61 8 9360 6143
Murdoch University +61 8 9310 6671
South Street Michelle.Evans@murdoch.edu.au
MURDOCH WA 6150 www.law.murdoch.edu/staffs/m.evens.html

 

 

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