Mr James Farrell

Adjunct Associate Professor - School of Law

Biography

James Farrell OAM is an adjunct associate professor with the School of Law at the University of New England.

James Farrell is the General Manager, Advocacy with Cancer Council Queensland, where he leads and drives the Cancer Council’s advocacy, creating and boldly pursuing opportunities that enable our vision of a cancer free future In that role, James collaborates with Cancer Council Groups across Queensland, the community and all levels of government to advance cancer control as a proponent for all Queenslanders and all types of cancers.

James was Director of Community Legal Centres Queensland from 2013 to 2019, and a Team Leader and later Manager/Principal Lawyer with the PILCH Homeless Persons Legal Clinic from 2007 to 2011. He has been the Treasurer of both the National Association of Community Legal Centres and Victoria's Federation of Community Legal Centres, and a member of the StreetSmart Australia grants committee. James was a lecturer with the Deakin University School of Law from 2011 to 2015, and was a centre fellow of the Centre for Rural Regional Law & Justice, a member of the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Griffith Law School's Visiting Committee, QUT's Law Advisory Board and the UQ Pro Bono Centre's advisory board. James received a Churchill Fellowship in 2014 to investigate 'how lawyers can empower communities to achieve change'. James has also served on the boards of community legal centres, an arts organisation and other community groups. In 2014, James was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community, particularly social welfare and legal access programs.

Qualifications

BCom, LLB(Hons), GCHE (Deakin), LLM (UNE), GDLP (College of Law), GDAppHumRts (RMIT). Australian Lawyer

Primary Research Area/s

Poverty Law; Social Justice; Human Rights

Research Interests

James’ research focuses on poverty law, social justice and human rights. James' research has been published in the International Journal of the Legal Profession, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, the Monash University Law Review, the Family Law Review, Parity, and the Alternative Law Journal, where he was a member of the editorial board.

Publications

James Farrell and Emma Phillips, ‘Queensland Community Legal Centres' Use of Information Technology to Deliver Access to Justice’ (2015) 15(2) Legal Information Management 131

Russell Smyth and James Farrell, ‘Trends in Co-Authorship in the Australian Group of Eight Law Reviews’ (2014) 39(3) Monash Law Review 815

James Farrell, ‘Social media for social change lawyers: an Australian housing rights lawyer's experience’ (2014) 20(2) International Journal of the Legal Profession 209

James Farrell, ‘Children's rights to legal representation in child protection proceedings’ (2013) 3 Family Law Review 94

Lucinda Jordan and James Farrell, ‘Juvenile Justice Diversion in Victoria: A Blank Canvas?’ (2013) 24(3) Current Issues in Criminal Justice 419

James Farrell and Michelle McDonnell, ‘Tough, tougher, toughest? A new government’s approach to sentencing laws in Victoria’ (2012) 37(4) Alternative Law Journal

James Farrell, ‘The road home: Australians’ right to adequate housing’ (2009) 34(4) Alternative Law Journal 227

James Farrell and Caris Cadd, ‘Outside Glass Houses: The Legal Needs of Women at Risk of Homelessness Escaping Family Violence’ (2009) Parity

James Farrell, ‘Strange bedfellows? Tax administration and human rights brought together’ (2010) 44(3) Taxation in Australia 147

James Farrell and Julie Fraser, ‘When I grow up, I want to be a lawyer. But what kind?’ (2009) 42 Young Lawyers Journal 8

James Farrell, ‘All the Right Moves? Move-on legislation in Victoria’ (2009) 34(1) Alternative Law Journal 21

How lawyers can support and empower communities to achieve change (2015, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust)

Memberships

General Manager, Advocacy at Cancer Council Queensland