HEATHER

Our capital city location links us with the nation's key law-making and legislative bodies. We work with government departments, research agencies, NFPs/NGOs, other universities and the wider legal community to support and enhance legal education, research and policy in Australia and around the world... Associate Professor ARC DECRA FellowDirector, External and Alumni RelationsANJeL Co-Director (ANU)Dr Heather Roberts is the leading and pioneer scholar on judicial swearing- in ceremonies. In 2015 this research was showcased in her interview with Anita Barraud on ABC Radio National's Law Report. This interview drew on her extensive and ground-breaking archival research into the origins and contemporary practice of these ceremonies in Australian Federal Courts. Her swearing-in research is part of a larger research agenda exploring the question: how does who a judge is make a difference to how the law develops? This question originally prompted her return to academia to pursue doctoral..

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