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Publications Click here for Publication listing Overview Cassandra is Director of the Homelessness Legal Rights Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW where she is undertaking a PhD into the legal and human rights of people living in public space. She also works as a consultant on economic, social and cultural rights particularly the right to adequate housing. Cassandra was formally Senior Legal Officer with the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions and Coordinator and Principal Solicitor of the Darwin Community Legal Service. She has also worked as a manager and solicitor with Legal Aid Western Australia and is admitted to practice in Western Australia. She has a Master of Laws from University College London focusing on public international law and the use of international human rights legal resources by local communities. Research Interests Human Rights, Social Justice Law and Policy, Legal and Social Activism, Homelessness and Housing, Community Legal Education and Development Current Research Projects Legal Regulation of Public Space and International, Comparative and Domestic Human Rights Law (PhD Research); Homelessness Legal Rights Project Prizes 2004 Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand Postgraduate Travel Award for Canadian Studies - PhD Research 2003 New South Wales Law and Justice Foundation Legal Information Grant - Homelessness Legal Rights Project 2002 Australian Postgraduate Award - PhD Research 1999 Volunteer Service Award, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 1997 New South Wales Law Foundation Publication Grant - Community Legal Education Handbook 1991 Cheng Cheng Nan Prize for Greatest Proficiency in Public International Law, University College London Journal Affiliations Homeless Peoples Legal Clinic Western Australia Steering Committee Member Australian Council of Social Services Law and Justice Policy Advisor Amnesty International Legal Group Member Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Member |
