Professor Hoong Phun (HP) Lee

Administrative Positions

Deputy Dean
Sir John Latham Chair of Law

Educational History and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

LLB(Hons) (Singapore)
LLM (Malaya)
PhD (Monash)

Academic Awards and Distinctions

Awarded LAWASIA Research Institute Fellowship to develop project entitled 'Constitutional Values in Turbulent Asia' (1994): $5,000.

Awarded AVCC (Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee) Visiting Fellowship for 1988 to carry out research at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore): $5,000.

Awarded Fellowship by the International and Comparative Law Centre, Southwestern Legal Foundation to attend the Tenth Academy of American and International Law, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, May-June 1973.

Employment History and Qualifications

Previous Employment

2001-03: Associate Dean

Oct 2003-Jan 2004: Acting Dean

1998-99: Associate Dean (International)

1995: Sir John Latham Professor of Law

1989: Associate Professor

1982: Senior Lecturer

1976: Lecturer

1975: Senior Tutor

1973: Teaching Fellow

1972: Tutor, University of Malaya

External Appointments

2004: Appointed External Member of the University of Queensland School of Law Review Committee for the Review of the School of Law in 2004

2002: Appointed External Assessor for the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya for 2002-2005 in respect of appointment/promotion to Associate Professor and Professors

2002: Appointed External Examiner for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws Examinations of the University of Malaya for the academic sessions 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005

2001: Appointed Associate External Examiner of the subject Human Rights, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong with effect from 2001/02 (for four years) and from 2004/05 (for another three years)

2000: Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya

1998-2000: Advisory Board, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies

1998-2000: Chairman, International Humanitarian Law Advisory Committee of the Australian Red Cross Victoria

1996: Overseas Consultant, Fiji Constitution Review Commission (The Commission was appointed by the Government of Fiji to review the constitution of Fiji and to make recommendations for new constitutional arrangements to meet the needs of the people of Fiji. The Commission was chaired by Sir Paul Reeves, a former Governor-General of New Zealand.)

1995-98: Adjunct Professor, Northern Territory University (Now Charles Darwin University)

1991: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, Melbourne University

1988: Visiting Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, The National University of Singapore

1985-86: Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge University

1972-73: Tutor, University of Malaya

Professional Associations

Member, Australian Association of Constitutional Law
Member, Australian Institute of Administrative Law
Australasian Law Teachers Association
Member, LAWASIA
Australian Press Council (Public Member and Deputy Chairman of Freedom of the Press Committee)
Member, International Advisory Board, Weeramantry Centre for Peace Studies
Associate External Examiner, City University of Hong Kong
Adjunct Professor, Northern Territory University
Advisory Board Member, The Australian Journal of Asian Law
Advisory Board, Constitutional Law and Policy Review
Member, LAWASIA
Member, Australian Institute of Administrative Law
Member, Australian Association of Constitutional Law
Convenor, Lucinda Lecture Series, Monash University
Convenor, Fiat Justitia Lecture Series, Monash University