Dr Guy Powles

Educational History and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

BA (VU of Wellington)
LLB (VU of Wellington)
LLM(Hons) (VU of Wellington)
PhD (ANU)

Professional Qualifications

Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

Solicitor of the High Court of England

Employment History and Qualifications

Previous Employment

2000: Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Monash University

1991-99: Associate Professor of Law, Monash University

1991-93: Sub-Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law

1989-92: Acting Justice, Supreme Court (Appellate Division), Federated States of Micronesia

1989: Visiting Fellow, School of Law, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

1981: Visiting Fellow, School of Law, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.

1979-84: Co-ordinator, Clinical Legal Education Programme, Monash University.

1978-90: Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University

1976-77: Australian National University doctoral scholarship

1975: Guest lecturer, University of the South Pacific, Suva.

1974-75: Director, Court and Land Reform Project, Government of Western Samoa.

1971: Solicitor (on exchange), London law firm.

1965-66: Stipendiary Magistrate, Chairman of Taxation Board of Review and Coroner, Western Samoa

1960-64 & 1967-74: Principal, law firm, Wellington, New Zealand

Professional Associations

Member, Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association
Member, Law Institute of Victoria
Member, International Commission of Jurists (Australian Chapter)
Member, International Academy of Comparative Law
Member, Australasian Law Teachers Association