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Laura Hilly is currently undertaking a DPhil in Law. Her research project is supervised by Professor Nicola Lacey and Professor Sandra Fredman. It considers the contribution that gender diversity brings to appellate courts in common law jurisdictions.
She completed her BA/LLB at the Australian National University, graduating with first class honours; the University Medal in Law; and the Supreme Court Judges' Prize. She then worked at the Federal Court of Australia as an Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Black AC; and as a litigation solicitor at Blake Dawson. Laura was admitted to practice in Australia in 2007. With the support of a Rhodes Scholarship she came to Oxford in 2009, completing the BCL with distinction in 2010, and her MPhil dissertation entitled A Woman's Contribution: Gender Diversity and the Judicial Process in 2011. Her DPhil research is supported by a Clarendon Scholarship.
Laura tutors in European Human Rights Law and Administrative Law. She has held the post of Waynflete Dean at Magdalen College, Oxford and is an Academic Assistant to Professor Mark Freedland at St John's College, Oxford.
She is the former Chair of Oxford Pro Bono Publico and a current Co-Editor of the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog.
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Assistant Editor for Christopher McCrudden, Liora Lazarus and Nigel Bowles (eds) Reasoning Rights: Comparative Adjudicative Approaches (forthcoming, 2013, Hart Publishing).
Laura Hilly ‘Lessons for Australia on the Rule of Law’ [2012] Pandora’s Box 103.
Laura Hilly & Emma Hoiberg ‘New Commonwealth laws subject to human rights scrutiny’ (2012) 37(1) Alternative Law Journal 59.
Laura Hilly & Aaron Rathmell ‘Book Review: Revolution and Rhetoric in the Debate Over Reconciliation of Paid Work and Unpaid Care in European Union Law (2011) 11(1) Commonwealth Law Journal 105.
Laura Hilly, ‘Her Honour: Book Review of “From Mauree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story"' (2011) 36(3) Alternative Law Journal 214.
Co-author of various reports for Oxford Pro Bono Publico including ‘Draft General Recommendation on Displaced and Stateless Women’ (May 2010); ‘Submission to the Indian Parliament on the Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at the Workplace Bill’ (February 2011); ‘Reconciling superior courts with the ECtHR: a comparative perspective’ (July 2011); ‘Submission to the Australian Attorney General’s Department in response to question 5 and 10 of Discussion Paper on the Consolidation of Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws’ (January, 2012).
Laura Hilly, ‘Operational Requirements of an Apolitical Public Service’ (2008) 21(2) Australian Journal of Labour Law 221
Laura Hilly, ‘Welfare to Work and WorkChoices: A Job at any Cost?’ (October 2006), Paper Submitted for Honours Thesis, ANU College of Law.
Research: human rights (particularly socio-economic rights) and equality law; administrative law; feminist legal theory; courts and the judiciary; civil litigation practice and procedure; and employment law.
