Amy Maguire
Dr Amy Maguire is a Senior Lecturer and the Indigenous Student Liaison in Newcastle Law School. She is an active commentator on international legal and human rights issues. In 2016, Amy was awarded the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researcher of the Year at the University of Newcastle. She was also selected as a finalist for the Academic of the Year Award in the Lawyers' Weekly Women in Law Awards.
Dr Maguire's fields of research are public international law and human rights, with particular focus on self-determination, Indigenous rights, climate change, refugees and asylum seekers, and the death penalty. Amy has ongoing research collaborations with UoN and external partners in relation to climate change, human rights and human displacement, the legal regulation of climate change mitigation strategies, the Indigenisation of curriculum, and blended/active teaching and learning. She has published widely in highly-regarded journals and edited books.
Amy has also emerged as a national and international commentator in her fields of research, with a number of online publications, media engagements, invited talks and submissions to government inquiries. In 2015, she was invited to appear before and assist the federal parliamentary inquiry into 'Australia's advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty'. In 2016, Amy took up the position as co-chair of the Indigenous Rights sub-committee of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights. In that role, she collaborates with other human rights lawyers and law students to promote the recognition and achievement of substantively equal rights for Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Amy has pioneered innovative approaches to teaching that have enhanced her students' experience of learning in international law and other fields. She was most recently recognised with the 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Business and Law. Amy's commitment to Indigenisation is expressed through her teaching in the course Indigenous Peoples, Issues and the Law. She has also shown leadership in program and course design, as part of her broader commitment to collegial service to the University.
Phone: +61(0)249215374
Address: University of Newcastle Law School
University Drive
Callaghan
NSW 2308
Australia
Dr Maguire's fields of research are public international law and human rights, with particular focus on self-determination, Indigenous rights, climate change, refugees and asylum seekers, and the death penalty. Amy has ongoing research collaborations with UoN and external partners in relation to climate change, human rights and human displacement, the legal regulation of climate change mitigation strategies, the Indigenisation of curriculum, and blended/active teaching and learning. She has published widely in highly-regarded journals and edited books.
Amy has also emerged as a national and international commentator in her fields of research, with a number of online publications, media engagements, invited talks and submissions to government inquiries. In 2015, she was invited to appear before and assist the federal parliamentary inquiry into 'Australia's advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty'. In 2016, Amy took up the position as co-chair of the Indigenous Rights sub-committee of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights. In that role, she collaborates with other human rights lawyers and law students to promote the recognition and achievement of substantively equal rights for Indigenous peoples in Australia.
Amy has pioneered innovative approaches to teaching that have enhanced her students' experience of learning in international law and other fields. She was most recently recognised with the 2015 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Business and Law. Amy's commitment to Indigenisation is expressed through her teaching in the course Indigenous Peoples, Issues and the Law. She has also shown leadership in program and course design, as part of her broader commitment to collegial service to the University.
Phone: +61(0)249215374
Address: University of Newcastle Law School
University Drive
Callaghan
NSW 2308
Australia
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