Ms Anne Hewitt

Biography/ Background

Anne studied Arts and Law at the University of Western Australia. After graduating from Law she completed her articles of clerkship with Arthur Robinson and Hedderwicks (now Allens Arthur Robinson) in Perth, before moving to Melbourne to work in commercial and intellectual property litigation. In 2003 Anne moved to London to complete a Master of Laws degree at King's College London, University of London. In 2005 Anne moved to Adelaide and commenced work at the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer in the Law School.

Anne is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School and the Law School's Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching (UG). She teaches in Procedure and Evidence, and has a particular interest in anti-discrimination and equality law.  Anne is a member of the Law Council of Australia's Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee, a member of the editorial board of the Legal Education Review, and the coordinator of the Law School's 'Teaching the law' seminar series.

Qualifications

BA (UWA), LLB (UWA), LLM (King's), Grad Certificate in Education (Higher Ed) (Adelaide)

Awards & Achievements

2010 - University of Adelaide Nominee, Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Excellence in Teaching (Team nomination with Cornelia Koch, Margaret Castles and Andrew Ligertwood). 

2009 - Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for the Development of a Suite of Law Courses Designed to Facilitate Student Learning of Legal Theory by Immersion in Simulated Legal Practice (Team Award with Cornelia Koch, Andrew Ligertwood, Margaret Castles and Matthew Stubbs).

2009 - Finalist, Australian Law Teachers Association Early Career Award for Innovative Teaching (Individual award).

2008 - Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Team Teaching.

2008 - The Executive Dean of the Professions Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Undergraduate Teaching) (Team Teaching)

Teaching Interests

Civil procedure
Evidence and advocacy
Anti-discrimination law

Research Interests

Equality and anti-discrimination laws, native title, legal education.

Publications

Selected recent publications

Refereed publications (sole author)

'Commercial exploitation of native title rights - a possible tool in the quest for substantive equality for Indigenous Australians?' 2011 (32) Adelaide Law Review 245-282.

'Navigating the Maze of Australia's Complex Discrimination Legislation: A Case Study of Belief Discrimination' (2011) 24 Australian Journal of Labour Law 1-21.

'Producing skilled legal graduates: Avoiding the madness in a situational learning methodology' (2008) 17(1) Griffith Law Review 87 – 120.

Refereed publications (joint author)

'Can and should burqas be banned?  The legality and desirability of bans of the full veil in Europe and Australia' (with Cornelia Koch) (2011) 36(1) Alternative Law Journal 16-20.

'Using simulated practice to teach legal theory.  How and why skills and group work can be incorporated in an academic law curriculum' (with Margaret Castles and Maureen Goldfinch) (2007) 27(2) University of Tasmania Law Review 120-177.

Book Chapters

'The hidden academic workload - administration and management of teaching teams' in Sally Kift, Jill Cowley, Michelle Sanson and Penelope Watson (eds), Excellence and Innovation in Legal Education (LexisNexis, 2011).

Conference and seminar presentations

‘Choosing Gender and the Law The Fay Gale Centre Conference: Gender/Sexuality: Perspectives on Social Inclusion & Citizenship 9-11 November 2011, the University of Adelaide, Australia (with Dr Laura Grenfell). 

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Human rights and civil liberties, Law, crime and justice
Expertise	anti-discrimination law; equality; legal education

Entry last updated: Sunday, 20 May 2012