Speaker

Larissa Behrendt (Australia)

Law Professor

Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at SUT , Professor Larissa Behrendt is a Barrister with a Bachelor of Laws and Jurisprudence from the University of New South Wales; first Aboriginal Australian to graduate from Harvard Law School gaining her Master of Laws and Senior Doctorate of Jurisprudence;Member of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia,Australian Academy of Law; Chair of the College of Experts of the Australian Research Council; on the Cooperative Research Centres Committee; Commissioner at the Land and Environment Court and Alternate Chair of the Serious Offenders Review Board.


Events for this Speaker

8
Oct
Start 4:00 pm

MITCHELL ORATION: HUMAN RIGHTS – SWORD, SHIELD OR JUST SYMBOLISM

SPEAKERS: Larissa Behrendt with David Marr VENUE: Bonython Hall Listen/Download Now Consideration needs to be given to the role of symbolism in a human rights framework, with relevance to the interest in the recognition of Indigenous people in the Constitution.…

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