GOVERNANCE
Clause 4(a) of the ALAA Constitution states:
The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a General Executive. Subject to the control of any General Meeting, the General Executive may take any action on behalf of the Association which, in the opinion of the General Executive, will further the objects of the Association.
The following General Executive members were appointed at the 2025 AGM.
CHAIR
Associate Professor Judith Marychurch
Melbourne Law School
DEPUTY CHAIR
Associate Professor Kelley Burton
School of Law and Society, UniSC
TREASURER
Associate Professor Elen Seymour
Monash Faculty of Law
GENERAL SECRETARY
Associate Lecturer Stephanie Falconer
La Trobe Law School
EDITOR - LER
Associate Professor Anne Hewitt
University of Adelaide
EDITOR - JALAA
Dr Jonathan Barrett
Victoria University of Wellington
NZ CHAIR
Professor John Hopkins
Canterbury University
NZ SECRETARY
Associate Professor Matthew Berkahn
Massey University
NZ TREASURER
Associate Professor Toni Collins
University of Canterbury
EARLY CAREER ACADEMIC
Dr Louise Cauchi FHEA
The University of Sydney Law School
ALAA AND CALD
A Commitment to Cooperation
On 29 April 2020, Professor Lesley Hitchens, Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans, and Professor Nick James, Chair of the Australasian Law Academics Association, signed a Memorandum of Understanding clarifying the relationship between the two associations, and setting out the ways in which CALD and ALAA collaborate, cooperate and support each other.
