Biography

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Work History

Lloyd Hart Technology and Entertainment Lawyers - http://www.lloydhart.biz

Lloyd Hart Lawyers is a boutique Sydney law firm operating almost exclusively in the fields of Entertainment and Information Technology law. The firm has acted for a number of the leading film producers, directors, film insurers and completion guarantors, and has experience in negotiating, structuring and documenting international and local productions.

The Australasian Legal Information Institute - http://www.austlii.edu.au
Australia’s number one provider of online legal information and data, AustLII is a non-profit institution dedicated to improving the accessibility of the legal system. AustLII currently attracts 30% of all legal traffic in Australia and has developed new ventures such as BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute), PacLII (Pacific Islands) and now WorldLII (in association with the Asian Development Bank). AustLII is a joint factility of the law faculties of the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of New South Wales.
As part of my work at AustLII I was involved in:
  • Providing software development for the WorldLII Catalog (previously AustLII's World Law/DIAL service)
  • Research into the applications of AI technology to the law

Associate Lecturer in Law, UTS - http://www.law.uts.edu.au
Visiting Lecturer in Law, UNSW - http://www.law.unsw.edu.au
As part of my work at AustLII, and subsequent to my AustLII employment, I have lectured in law at both the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Subject include:
  • Teaching Legal Research to first year law students at the University of Technology, Sydney
  • Teaching the course Computer Applications to Law in both undergraduate and postgraduate versions at the University of New South Wales
  • Teaching the course Information Technology Law at UNSW

Academic qualifications

  • LLB (Hons) from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)
  • LLM (Major Sequence in Media, Communications and Information Technology Law) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Associations


Outside interests

  • Classical Singing (I am studying under Graham McIntosh)
  • Computer systems research (I am a participant in the Squeak Open Source Smalltalk community and the current Self community)