Jodie O Leary

Biography

Assistant Professor O�Leary completed her LLB with first class honours, obtaining numerous awards, including the Women's Lawyers Association Prize and the Queensland Law Society Prize. Jodie is admitted to practice as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia. In practice she worked mainly at Legal Aid Queensland, as an advocate for juvenile offenders. In 2002 she was an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development, working at a Community Legal Centre in East Timor. Jodie joined Bond full time in 2005 and simultaneously completed her Masters with High Distinction. In 2009 she was project manager for the project "Homicide in Abusive Relationships" that was led by Geraldine Mackenzie and Eric Colvin. This project led to legislative reform in Queensland. In 2011 Jodie was awarded a Vice-Chancellor's Research Grant, along with Suzie O'Toole (Law) and Dr Bruce Watt (HSS), for an ongoing project examining Juvenile Fitness for Trial in Queensland.  In 2012 Jodie was a scholar in residence at the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University. She is currently completing a PhD at the Centre for International Governance and Justice at the Australian National University, focusing on institutional responsibility in transitional justice (specifically looking at Timor-Leste). Jodie is also an editor of the Bond Law Review.  

Research Interest

PLT, Criminal Law and International Criminal Law