Menzies Foundation - Scholars 'P'

MENZIES MEMORIAL SCHOLARS - "P"

ANDREW PALMER

1991 Menzies Scholar in Law

Education:
Law degree, Monash University (1989)
BCL (1 year) at St John's College, Oxford where he was the Vinerian Scholar.

Current position:
Associate Professor, Law School, University of Melbourne.
Barrister, Victorian Bar(admitted 1999).

Career History:
Articles, Minter Ellison.
Centre for Philosophy and Public Issues at the University of Melbourne.
Lecturer, Law School, Monash University.
Since 1994, Lecturer then Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Melbourne primarily engaged in the teaching of, and research into, the law of evidence.
Twice acted as a consultant to Victorian Parliamentary Committees conducting inquiries into aspects of the law of evidence.

Publications:
Proof and the Preparation of Trials (LBC, 2003)
Australian Principles of Evidence (2nd ed, 2004, with Jeremy Gans)

[Dec-2004]

DR KEN PANG

Dr Ken Pang

2007 NHMRC/R G Menzies Fellowship

Dr Ken C Pang from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research will take up his Fellowship in 2008 at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University.

His study is "RNA transport: a new paradigm in cell-to-cell communication".

[Aug 2008]

KATHLEEN PAYNE

1999 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Education:
BA and LLB (H1) from the University of Queensland (1997) (awarded the University Medal)
MPhil (Criminology) (1 year), Cambridge University (1999)

KATE
PETERSON

Kate Peterson

2007 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Kate Peterson holds the degrees of BEc (Social Sciences) with First Class Honours and the University Medal (2004) and LLB with First Class Honours (2006) from the University of Sydney. She was ranked 3/316 in her graduating class.

Kate took up her one year scholarship in October 2007 at the London School of Economics studying for an LLM (Labour Law).

[Oct-2007]

THOMAS
PRINCE

2009 Menzies Memorial Scholar in Law

Thomas Prince holds the degrees of LLB with First Class Honours and the University Medal (2008) and BSc with First Class Honours and the University Medal (2006) from the University of Sydney.

Tom will undertake the degree of LLM at University College, London commencing in October 2009.

[Oct-2008]

DR KERYN PROCTOR

2004 Menzies Memorial Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences

The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Scholarship in the Allied Health Sciences for 2004-2005 was awarded to Keryn Proctor who holds the degree of Masters of Family Therapy from La Trobe University.

Keryn's PhD project entitled "The Breaking Through Project: A school, family and rural community partnership to reduce suicide risk and increase safety in schools for at risk youth" was carried out in the Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University.

[29-Sep-2006]