Our Staff

Dr Jamie Fellows, Head of Law is also the Director of the JCU Tax Clinic, the Coordinator of the Work Integrated Learning Program for Law and the Honours Coordinator for Law. Jamie's research interests and publications underscores his interest in a range of important social and legal matters involving public law and touches upon areas such as youth justice, criminal sentencing and war crimes.

Rachel Bradshaw is a Law Lecturer and First Year Coordinator for Law at the College of Business, Law and Governance at JCU Cairns. Rachel has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from James Cook University and a Master of Laws Degree from Queensland University of Technology. Her research area is intellectual property law.

Barry has been teaching first year law students at JCU since 2020. Barry is a proponent of the teaching-research nexus, where he draws upon his research findings (along with pop culture references) to complement the teaching experience for his on-campus and external students. Prior to joining JCU, Barry taught practical legal training students at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales.

Gary is a Professor in Cairns. He is also an Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University. From 1994-97, he was the inaugural director of the National Native Title Tribunal Legal Research Unit. He teaches environmental law, international law, and human rights law. His main research interests are in comparative indigenous land rights law and environmental and natural resources law.

Neil Dunbar began working at JCU in 2004 when appointed Manager of the University’s Committees in the Governance Unit. Whilst acting in this role Neil undertook some educational studies and obtained the degrees of a Master of Business Administration and Master of Dispute Resolution.

Dr Louise Floyd has published in the world’s leading law journal, The Law Quarterly Review; she is a Barrister & former Judge’s Associate; she was the first Australian to win The MacCormick Fellowship to the University of Edinburgh and she has held multiple International Visiting Fellowships to Cornell in America’s Ivy League. She is the former Sub Dean of UQ Law School.

Anthony teaches contract law, administrative law and legal ethics. His key focus is the development of innovative teaching and assessment strategies for law students. He operates Australia’s largest legal education YouTube channel, and has an extensive history in private practice, as a military lawyer, as Counsel Assisting the State Coroner, and as a parliamentary officer.

Salomé is an experienced lecturer in areas of law such as Constitutional law, the Law of Trusts, Public International law and Legal Research, Writing and Analysis. She also brings a wealth of practical legal experience to the classroom after working as a Crown Prosecutor in South Africa for fifteen years prior to immigrating to Australia and then working as legal counsel for James Cook University…

Filitsa Kounias is a Law Lecturer at the College of Business, Law and Governance at JCU Townsville. Filitsa has a Bachelor of Laws from James Cook University and her experience extends to practicing in the areas of criminal law, family law and restorative justice.

Karnika holds a dual degree in Bachelor of Arts and Laws (BA LLB) with Honours in Economics from Panjab University, India, a Master of Laws in Intellectual Property from QUT, Brisbane, and a PhD in copyright law from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. Formerly a practising IP lawyer in India, Karnika’s research interests include performer rights, AI-copyright convergence, Indigenous IP protection, and IP commercialisation. With…