Kellie Toole

Biography

I joined the permanent staff of the Adelaide Law School in 2012. I teach in: Evidence Law Criminal Law and Procedure Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice My interest in both legal practice and research is at the intersection of criminal law and human rights law. I worked with legal aid criminal clients in private practice and for the Legal Services Commission of SA in 2008 and 2009. I was a researcher with the Mullighan Parliamentary Inquiry into child sexual abuse on the APY Lands in 2007 and 2008. In 2006 I interned at the Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) in Houston Texas, through a placement with Reprieve Australia. This involved working with lawyers to represent poor people facing the death penalty. I am always happy to chat about any of my teaching or research interests or work experience so feel free to give me a call or drop me an email. I joined the permanent staff of the Adelaide Law School in 2012. I teach in: Evidence Law Criminal Law and Procedure Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice My interest in both legal practice and research is at the intersection of criminal law and human rights law. I worked with legal aid criminal clients in private practice and for the Legal Services Commission of SA in 2008 and 2009. I was a researcher with the Mullighan Parliamentary Inquiry into child sexual abuse on the APY Lands in 2007 and 2008. In 2006 I interned at the Gulf Region Advocacy Center (GRACE) in Houston Texas, through a placement with Reprieve Australia. This involved working with lawyers to represent poor people facing the death penalty. I am always happy to chat about any of my teaching or research interests or work experience so feel free to give me a call or drop me an email.

Research Interest

Rape (especially marital rape), murder, defences to homicide, domestic violence offences