Dr Kellie Toole
| Position | Senior Lecturer |
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| Org Unit | Adelaide Law School |
| kellie.toole@adelaide.edu.au | |
| Telephone | 831 34440 |
| Location |
Floor/Room
2
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Ligertwood
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North Terrace
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Biography/ Background
I joined the permanent staff of the Adelaide Law School in 2012. I teach in:
Evidence Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
My interest in both legal practice and research is at the intersection of criminal law and human rights law. I worked with legal aid criminal clients in private practice and for the Legal Services Commission of SA in 2008 and 2009.
I was a researcher with the Mullighan Parliamentary Inquiry into child sexual abuse on the APY Lands in 2007 and 2008.
In 2006 I interned at the Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) in Houston Texas, through a placement with Reprieve Australia. This involved working with lawyers to represent poor people facing the death penalty.
I am always happy to chat about any of my teaching or research interests or work experience so feel free to give me a call or drop me an email.
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Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Master of Arts (History)
Bachelor of Law and Legal Practice (Honours) (University Medal)
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Research Interests
Rape (especially marital rape), murder, defences to homicide, domestic violence offences
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Publications
See resercher profile at https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/kellie.toole
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Professional Associations
Recent Media
Twitter @KellieToole
Radio Adelaide Breakfast, 'Out on Parole' 19 June 2015
The Advertiser, Opinion, 'SA Should Abolish Provocation' 2 June 2015
Gay News Network, 'Calls for South Australia to End the 'Provocation' Defence Entirely' 2 June 2015
The Advertiser, 'Murder Loophole' 29 May 2015
The World Today, 'South Australia Review 'Gay Panic' Murder Defence' 18 May 2015
The Conversation, 'Queensland Still Failing to Act on Medieval Murder Defence' 5 May 2015
The Conversation, 'Don't Expect World First Impact Statement to Transform Sentencing' 19 January 2015 (with Adam Webster)
Radio National, Drive with Waleed Aly 'How Fair is the US Grand Jury System?' 4 December 2014
The Conversation, 'Only in America: Why Australia is Right not to have Grand Juries' 27 November 2014
Today Tonight, Interview with Rosanna Mangiarelli, 'Plea Bargaining' 20 November 2014
InDaily, 'Plea Bargaining: Who Gets the Best Deal?' 18 November 2014
The Conversation, 'In Plea Bargaining, Who Really Gets the Bargain?' 14 November 2014
The Conversation, 'Lawyers for Victims of Crime Won't Guarantee Better Results' 20 June 2014
Radio Adelaide, Left, Right and Centre, 'Domestic Violence within Australian Culture' 4 June 2014
Independent Australia, 'Time to Stop Protecting the Protectors of Child Sex Abusers' 7 February 2014
Radio Adelaide, Breakfast, 'Implementing 'One Punch' Laws' 5 February 2014
The Advertiser, Opinion, 'Time to End, Not Extend, The Legal Institution of Marriage' 22 October 2013 also available at http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/it-is-now-the-time-to-end-not-extend-the-privilege-of-the-legal-institution-of-marriage/story-fni6unxq-1226744036741
Adelaide Law School blog, 'Parliament Responds to McGee case on 10 Year Anniversary' 14 October 2013 (with Suzanne Le Mire)
Online Opinion, 'Same Sex (Same Old) Marriage' 20 September 2013
The Age, 'Murder Law Reform Considered' 28 May 2013
Public Law Research Community, 'Panic About the "Gay Panic" Defence - SA Reform to Provocation Proposed' 22 May 2013
Public Law Research Community, 'The Flip Side of Double Jeopardy - Australian First for Prisoners' Right to Appeal' 4 April 2013
Public Law Research Community, 'End of the Line for Police ‘Line-ups’ in South Australia? 21 March 2013
Today Tonight, Interview with Francesca Belperio, 'Court Enforcement Fees' 24 January 2013
InDaily, 'Startling Trend Shifts Power from Judiciary to Police' (on court enforcement fees) 23 January 2013
InDaily, 'Police get their Way after Opposition Backflip' (on Evidence (Identification) Amendment Bill 2011) 17 October 2012
The Punch, 'Pepper Spray: A Means of Self-Defence?' 3 October 2012
IntLawGrrls: Voices on International Law, Policy, Practice, 'Reconsidering the Marital Rape Immunity' 24 August 2012
ABC Radio National PM, 'Man Can be Tried for Decades-Old Rape in Marriage' 30 May 2012
ABC TV News, 'Man Loses High Court Rape-in-Marriage Appeal' 30 May 2012
Saturday Afternoon Talkback, FIVEaa Adelaide, Death Penalty and Human Rights in the United States, 11 October 2009
The Adelaide Review, 'The Quality of Mercy', cover story on death penalty internship, October 2009
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Files
- The Quality of Mercy - Adelaide_Review.pdf [478.5K] (application/pdf)
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Media Expertise
Categories Law, Crime & Justice Expertise criminal law; domestic violence; self-defence; rape; homicide; human rights; evidence law
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