Professor Suzanne Le Mire

Professor Suzanne Le Mire

  • Biography/ Background

    After practising at Piper Alderman, Suzanne moved to academia, where she is the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Learning, and a Professor at the Adelaide Law School.

     

    As the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Learning at the University of Adelaide, Professor Suzanne Le Mire is responsible for the quality and compliance of the University's learning and teaching programs. In this role, she works closely with faculty members, professional staff, and students to develop and implement strategies that enhance outcomes for students. Suzanne has led transformational projects across the University including the learning and teaching response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Education in a Digital World Strategy. She is currently working on a variety of aspects of the proposed merger of University of Adelaide with the University of South Australia. She also holds a position as Professor of Law at the Adelaide Law School with research interests in corporate law and professional ethics, and a particular focus on the regulation of independence in professional contexts.

     

    Suzanne’s research interests are focused in the discipline areas of corporate law and professional ethics. She is particularly interested in the role and regulation of independence in a number of contexts including corporate and superannuation boards, judges, regulators and lawyers. Suzanne is regularly invited to speak at a variety of public and professional events in Australia and overseas. She has been a distinguished overseas visitor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Mannheim, Germany, visiting scholar at University College London, and, in 2017, Suzanne was a Fellow at the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at Fordham University, New York.

     

    As well as holding a number of senior university roles, including Dean of Law and Deputy Dean Learning and Teaching of the Faculty of Professions, in recent years, Suzanne is a member of the SA Judicial Development Committee, an editor of the international journal, Legal Ethics, former President of the Australian Corporate Law Teachers Association, the Law Council of Australia’s Corporations Committee, ASIC's Regional Liaison Committee, a member of the International Association of Legal Ethicists and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2012, Suzanne was awarded a fellowship by the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism based at Georgia State University in recognition of her teaching activities.

  • Qualifications

    PhD, Monash University

    BA, University of Adelaide

    LLB( Hons), University of Adelaide

    GDLP, South Australia Institute of Technology

    Barrister and Solicitor Supreme Court of South Australia

    Barrister and Solicitor High Court of Australia

    GAICD

  • Teaching Interests

    Corporate Law

    Statutory Interpretation

    Law and Popular Culture

    Legal Ethics

  • Research Interests

    Suzanne's research interests fall into two main areas:

    1. Corporate law, governance, and ethics;
    2. The legal profession, its regulation, and ethics.

    Suzanne would be happy to supervise masters and doctoral students in these areas.   

  • Publications

  • Professional Associations

    Secretary, Corporate Law Teachers Association.

    Editor, Reports, Comments and Notes, Legal Ethics (Hart Journal)

    Member, Judicial Development Commitee

     

    Member, Monash Governance Research Group.

    Member, Legal Ethics Teachers Network

    Member, IAOLE

  • Media Expertise
    CategoriesLaw, Crime & Justice, Ethics
    ExpertiseCorporate law; corporate governance; corporate ethics; legal profession; lawyer regulation; legal ethics
    NotesPhD(Monash; LLB(Hons) BA (Adelaide)
    Member of executive, Corporate Law Teachers Association.
    Legal member, University of Adelaide human Research Ethics Committee
    Member, Judicial Development Committee
    Member, Legal Ethics Teachers Network
    2012 Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism (Georgia State University)
    Barrister and Solicitor

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Entry last updated: Thursday, 24 Oct 2024