All Menzies Memorial Scholars
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MARK DARIAN-SMITH
1984 Menzies Scholar in Law
Education
Arts and Law degrees (both with Hons), University of Melbourne (1982)
Articled Clerk (1983)
Masters degree in Civil Law, Oxford University (1984)
Currently
Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane:
- Managing Partner (Performance & Quality)
- Partner, Dispute Resolution Clients
Specialises in advising on major infrastructure, construction, joint venture and M&A disputes, commercial contracts, telecommunications, trade practices and torts (including defamation)
Other awards and achievements
Named as one of Australia's leading commercial litigation lawyers in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers. Also named as one of Australia's leading experts in commercial arbitration in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.
Career history/highlights
1991-1997: Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Melbourne
1998-2003: Partner in Charge, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Brisbane
Specialist Accreditation in Mediation from the LIV
Accredited mediator on the LEADR Advanced Panel and from the Queensland Law Society
Professional/Other affiliations
- Media and Communications Subcommittee of Business Law Section of Law Council of Australia
- Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia, Associate Member
- Queensland Law Society, NSW Law Society, Law Institute of Victoria
Areas of Professional Interest
Banking and finance related matters, telecommunications, trade practices, contracts, professional negligence and torts (including defamation).
April 2004
JOANNA DAVIDSON2006 RG Menzies Scholar to Harvard
Joanna Davidson holds a BA with First Class Honours and LLB from the University of NSW. She was placed 3:297 in her graduating class. Joanna undertook an LLM at the Harvard Law School.
May 2006
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ROSIE DAWKINS2007 RG Menzies Scholar to Harvard
Dr Rosie Dawkins holds degrees in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) and a Bachelor of Medical Science with First Class Honours, both from the University of Western Australia.
Rosie studied for a Masters in Public Health specialising in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Areas of special interest are childhood hearing loss, particularly in Aboriginal communities, and delivery of medical services to rural and remote communities. Rosie's plans include working in major teaching hospitals with outreach work in regional and remote communities.
May 2007
ANNA DAWSON2006 Menzies Scholar in the Allied Health Sciences
Anna Dawson holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Health from Curtin University and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) from the University of South Australia.
Anna's PhD project entitled "Investigating predictive factors
for low back pain and neck pain in nurses: a prospective study" was
carried out at the University of Queensland.
DARIEL DE SOUSA
1993 Menzies Scholar in Law
I was born in Bombay, India. Shortly after my birth, my parents migrated to Melbourne, Australia where I was brought up. I studied law and mechanical engineering as an undergraduate at Monash University.
Upon completion of my degrees in 1991, I spent a year and a half working at Mallesons Stephen Jaques. While at Mallesons, I was exposed to a variety of areas but spent the last few months there working with the intellectual property/trade practices/ telecommunications group.
I won the Menzies Scholarship in Law in 1992 and commenced a two year BCL at Oxford in September 1993. While at Oxford, I developed a strong interest in international affairs and, particularly, international trade.
I returned to Melbourne shortly after I completed my BCL and took up a position at Maddock Lonie & Chisholm as a construction and engineering lawyer. I was involved in a number of international matters while at Maddocks including assisting the Vietnamese government with the development of construction and planning laws, an arbitration based in Malaysia and a multi-million dollar construction dispute in India. These matters heightened my interest in international affairs.
After two years at Maddock's, I decided to pursue this interest and commenced a Masters in Private and Public Management at Yale University focusing on international affairs and trade during my second year.
My experiences at Oxford and Yale have proved enriching and eye-opening and have significantly broadened my horizons.
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ALBERT DINELLI
2003 Menzies Scholar in Law
Education
DPhil and BCL, Oxford University
LLB (H1), Monash University (2001)
BA (Hons), Monash University (1998)
Albert's doctorate was in the area of Conflict of Laws, focusing on jurisdiction and choice of law agreements.
Currently
Barrister, Victorian Bar - commercial, constitutional and
administrative law
Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne - Constitutional
Law and Conflict of Laws.
Career history
Associate to Chief Justice of the High
Court of Australia
Solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques in the dispute resolution group.
June 2007
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FIONA DOBSON
2004 Menzies Scholar in Allied Health Sciences
Education
BAppSc(Physiotherapy) and GradDip (Health Research), La Trobe University.
PhD project: "Walking patterns in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy".
Areas of Professional Interest
PhD study: To develop a reliable classification for clinicians to better identify and treat walking disorders; By collaborating with La Trobe University, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Victoria’s Royal Children’s Hospital, aims to provide the first population-based classification of hemiplegic walking patterns and to explore health-related quality of life measures in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
Current position
Research Physiotherapist and Senior Clinical Physiotherapist at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Professional/Other affiliations
World Wide Funds for Native Australia
Family/Recreation/Interests
Married with children; Cycling around Melbourne and Victoria.
Sep 2004
DR STEPHEN DONAGHUE
1997 Menzies Scholar in Law
Education
Law, University of Melbourne between 1991 and 1995.
Articles of clerkship, London
DPhil, Oxford
Other awards and achievements
Supreme Court Prize, University of Melbourne
Currently
Barrister (from 2001)
Previously
Associate to Justice Hayne, High Court of Australia (2000–2001)
Solicitor for Minter Ellison until I received the Menzies Scholarship in 1997
Areas of Professional Interest
My main areas of interest are constitutional, administrative, international and criminal law. My DPhil involved an examination of the evidential and procedural issues that arise from commissions of inquiry (such as Royal Commissions, the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the National Crime Authority) into criminal activity. In particular, I examined the impact on the fairness of a criminal trial following such a Commission, and the procedural rights that are available to individuals investigated by a Commission, both of which have been contentious issues in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Publications
Royal Commissions and Permanent Commissions of Inquiry (Butterworths 2001).
Numerous articles in leading journals in the public and commercial law fields.
Family/Recreation/Interests
My life in Oxford was devoted largely to study, rowing and Middle Common Room activities. My wife (who lectured in Law at Exeter College, Oxford) and I enjoyed living in the UK.
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