Irene Nemes

Visiting Fellow

BA Syd, LLB UNSW, LLM Syd

Contact details

Room:

220 Law Building

Phone:

9385 2265

E-mail:

i.nemes@unsw.edu.au

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Brief overview

After commencing my professional career as a Psychologist, I took a detour and combined part time law studies with child rearing. A few years in private practice convinced me that there is something to the old adage, "Those who can, do, those who can't, teach". My first five years in academia were spent at Sydney Law School. I joined the Faculty of Law at UNSW in October 1993, as Director of Legal Research & Writing. In the past I have developed, convened and taught the compulsory courses Legal Research & Writing, Advanced Legal Research and Introduction to Law, in the undergraduate LLB curriculum. I have also developed, convened and taught the elective postgraduate course Legal Research. I have taught in the Continuing Legal Education Program offered by this faculty. I have co-authored the books, "Effective Legal Research" (with Graeme Coss), Butterworths, (1998); and "Effective Legal Research" (with Graeme Coss), Butterworths, 2nd ed (2001).

I currently teach Criminal Law 1 and Criminal Law 2 in the undergraduate curriculum.

Courses taught

Areas of expertise

Hate speech and the Internet, Freedom of speech, Criminal law, Criminology

Grants

2000 National Finalist, Law and Legal Studies category, Australian Awards for University Teaching

1999 UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence

1995 University of NSW Development Grant, ($133,000) for provision of multi media teaching and research laboratory, and computers for postgraduate research students