Mr Craig Collins
Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Law, Faculty of Economics Business and Law
Qualifications
BEc (ANU), LLB (ANU), LLM (Melb), GradCertHigherEd (UNE), Barrister & Solicitor (Vic), Solicitor and Barrister (High Court).
Contact
| Email: | ccollin6@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W037 13 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5209 (or +61 2 6773 5209 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3602 |
Prior to joining the School of Law in 2003, Craig worked for 12 years as a solicitor, including as a partner at Gadens Lawyers Melbourne, specialising in commercial litigation.
Craig teaches Media Law, Intellectual Property Law (copyright), Information Technology Law and Jurisprudence (legal reasoning) and has also co-ordinated the Honours-in-Law research unit, LS 400. He is currently chair of the School teaching & learning committee and a member of the UNE intellectual property committee.
Craig is currently undertaking doctoral research on the topic, ‘Defamation in the Australian colonies, 1824–1874’. He is also a board member of the North and North West Community Legal Service, a member of the Duval College senior common room and coaches the ‘Auskick’ junior AFL clinic in Armidale.
Publications
- ‘The Sting: Meeting the libel’, (2002) 76(8) Law Institute Journal 58.
- ‘Goodbye Hello!: Drawing a line for the paparazzi’ (2004) 1 The University of New England Law Journal 135.
- ‘True Professionalism: Shaping your mind for legal practice’, Essential careers in law guide (2004).
- ‘Review of James Oldham, English common law in the age of Mansfield’ (2005) 3 The University of New England Law Journal 109.
- ‘Andrew Bent and the Birth of the Free Press in the Australian Colonies’ (Paper presented at the Australian Media Traditions Conference, Canberra, 24 November 2005).
- ‘Review of Tim Castle and Bruce Kercher (eds), Dowling’s Select Cases 1828 to 1844’ (2005) 8 Journal of Australian Colonial History 212.