School of Law: Law School Staff - Judith Bannister

Judith Bannister
BA (SAIT), LLB (Hons)(Adel), PhD (ANU)

Senior Lecturer, First Year Mentor S1 2008

Judith graduated from the Adelaide Law School and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in New South Wales in 1993. After admission, she was a legal officer and consultant with the Australian Copyright Council and a solicitor with a Sydney firm in personal injury litigation. Before joining Flinders Law School in 1998 Judith taught at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean. She was also a law librarian for many years. Judith teaches Intellectual Property, Administrative Law and Legal Method. Her research interests lie in intellectual property, specifically copyright, and the regulation of information access. She recently completed a PhD at the Australian National University in the field of information law entitled: 'Secret business and business secrets: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge affair, Information Law and the Public Sphere'. 

Visiting Scholar

In August 2007 Judith was a visiting scholar at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville where she presented a seminar on racial vilification.

Hate Speech from the Australian Perspective

Selected Publications

Selected list of publications.

Research Interests

• Information law
• Copyright
• Privacy / confidential information
• Freedom of Information
• Racial Vilification

Teaching Areas

• Intellectual Property
• Administrative Law
• Legal Method

Professional Memberships

• Copyright Society of Australia
• Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Australian Institute of Administrative Law