Dr Paula Gerber

Administrative Positions

Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

Member, Monash University Animal Welfare Committee

Member, Equity & Diversity Committee

Member, Postgraduate Studies Committee

Educational History and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

LLB (QUT)
MSc(Distinction) (Kings College, London)
LLM(International and Comparative Law) (Monash University)
PhD (Melbourne University)

Professional Qualifications

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, NSW & Victoria
Solicitor in England & Wales
Attorney in California

Academic Awards and Distinctions

2000-04: University of Melbourne Scholarship to fund PhD research

1997: Victorian Law Institute Journal Writers Award;
Queensland University of Technology award for Outstanding Alumni of the Year (Law);
National Association of Women in Construction Foundation Award recognising outstanding contribution in establishing NAWIC in Australia

1996: Telstra Australian Businesswoman of the Year (Private Sector - Over 100 Employees);
Telstra Victorian Businesswoman of the Year (Private Sector - Over 100 Employees);
Crystal Vision Award NAWIC America

Employment History and Qualifications

Previous Employment

2000-04: Director of Studies (Construction Law) and Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne;
Senior Fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of Melbourne;
Consultant, Lander & Rogers, Lawyers;
Assessor of Trainee Mediators, Australian Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators

2001: Visiting Professor, University of Prishtina, Kosovo. Taught Human Rights Theory

1997-99: Partner, Maddocks Solicitors, Melbourne

1995-97: Senior Associate, Mallesons Stephen Jaques Solicitors, Melbourne

1990-94: Attorney, Hunt Ortmann Blasco Palffy & Rossell, Los Angeles, California

1987-90: Solicitor, Baker & McKenzie, London

1985: Associate to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Sir Dormer Andrews

1981-84: Articled Clerk, John C Walker & Noble, Solicitors, Brisbane

External Appointments

Sessional Member of VCAT (Civil Claims List, Anti-Discrimination List and Domestic Building List)

Professional Associations

Amnesty International Australia (Founder of the Legal Group and the Corporate Responsibility Group. Former Secretary of Victorian Executive Branch Committee.)

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

King's College, London Construction Law Alumni Association

National Association of Women in Construction (Founder & Inaugural President, now Patron)

Victorian Human Rights Education Committee