Lisa Toohey
Senior Lecturer
BA(Hons) LLB(Hons) Qld; LLM (Melb); Phd (Qld)Director, LLM (Dispute Resolution)
Director, Master of Dispute Resolution
Contact details
- Room:
- 312 Law Building
- Phone:
- 9385 9519
- E-mail:
- lisa.toohey@unsw.edu.au
Brief overview
Lisa joined the Faculty in 2010 and was previously an academic at the University of Queensland. Prior to academia, Lisa practised as a lawyer in Australia in litigation, dispute resolution and intellectual property. She also worked as a foreign lawyer in Vietnam, advising on WTO law and general trade and investment matters. Lisa has been admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia, has been included in the Queensland Supreme Court's register of mediators, and is currently an international arbitrator of the Azerbaijan Arbitration and Mediation Centre.
Lisa's research interests include the World Trade Organization, dispute resolution, and the role of law in the Asia-Pacific region. She has acted as a consultant to dispute resolution and WTO projects funded by the Australian, US and Canadian governments. She has also taught as a visiting professor at the Centre Franco-Vietnamien de Formation à la Gestion at the National Economics University in Hanoi, Vietnam, and at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Courses taught
Areas of expertise
World Trade Organization (WTO);
Dispute resolution, particularly mediation;
International dispute settlement;
Asia-Pacific law, particularly Vietnam and China;
Access to justice.
Professional memberships and affiliations
Lisa currently serves as a member of the International Law and International Relations Committee of the Queensland Law Society.
She is a past editor of the LawAsia Journal, and has served as a member of the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the Red Cross (Qld), and a committee member of the Lawyers Reform Association (Qld).
Research supervision
Pervaiz Khan