Professor The Hon. George Hampel QC

Administrative Positions

Current
Chairman, Australian Advocacy Institute
President, International Institute of Forensic Studies
Member, Victorian Council of Legal Education
Visiting Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (USA)
Director, Melbourne University Advocacy Programme

Former
Vice Chairman, Law Council of Australia
Vice Chairman, Victorian Bar Council
Chairman, Leo Cussen Institute
Member, ANU Law Faculty Board
Member, Victorian Council of Adult Education
Founder of Victorian Bar Readers Course
Adj. Professor, ANU, Bond & Melbourne Universities

Educational History and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

LLB

Professional Qualifications

Victorian Bar
Bars of NSW, ACT, Tas & WA
English Bar, Middle Temple
Queen's Counsel
Justice, Supreme Court of Victoria

Academic Awards and Distinctions

AM, Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia: awarded for legal education in advocacy training and service to legal institutions.

Centenary of Federation Medal: awarded for chairing the Constitution Commission.

Employment History and Qualifications

Previous Employment

1958-83: Barrister at Law
1983-2000: Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

External Appointments

President, International Institute of Forensic Studies
Chairman, Australian Advocacy Institute
Chairman, Legal Practice Board of Victoria
Member of the Council of Legal Education
Director, Melbourne University Advocacy programme
Instructor Victoria Bar Readers Course

Professional Associations

Foundation Member of the Victorian Bar Reader’s Course & Education Committee
Former Member of the Victorian Council of Adult Education
Member of the Victorian Council of Legal Education
1984-2000: Member of the Board of the Law Faculty of Australian National University
Director of the Melbourne University Advocacy Program
Visiting Faculty Member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (USA)
1987-2000: Chairman, Leo Cussen Institute (Victoria)
ADJ Professor, University of Melbourne, Australian National University
Chairman, Constitution Commission of Victoria
Chairman, Legal Practice Board of Victoria
Director, Melbourne University Advocacy programme
Advocacy teaching experience in Australia, USA, England, Scotland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia