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Overview After graduating, Sean Brennan worked as an Associate to a Federal Court judge and then at Inner City Legal Centre in Darlinghurst. Between 1994 and 1998 he worked with Cape York Land Council, the National Indigenous Working Group and other Aboriginal organisations. From 1999 to 2002 he was in the Commonwealth Parliament’s research service before joining the UNSW Law School. Between 2002 and 2005 Sean was Director of the Treaty Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, investigating the public law implications of a treaty or treaty-like agreements between Indigenous peoples and Australian governments. Together with project partners George Williams, Larissa Behrendt and Lisa Strelein, he is the co-author of the book Treaty (Federation Press, 2005). Sean continues his association with the Centre and particularly its work on Indigenous legal issues as Director of the Indigenous Rights, Land & Governance Project. Courses Taught LAWS2140 Public Law LAWS4212 Native Title Law, Policy and Practice LAWS2150 Federal Constitutional Law Research Interests Indigenous legal issues, Land rights and native title, Constitutional law Current Research Projects Public law implications of treaty between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Grants 2005 UNSW Faculty Research Grant, Contemporary native title issues. Journal Affiliations Australian Indigenous Law Review, Member Editorial Board |
