Anna Copeland

Human rights law, refugee and asylum law, and youth law

Anna Copeland is Director of the Clinical Legal Program at Murdoch University School of Law, which offers Murdoch’s law students the opportunity to work at the Southern Communities Advocacy and Legal Education Service (SCALES). Her primary areas of expertise are laws as they affect children and young people, human rights and clinical legal education.

Ms Copeland is the director of SCALES, a busy practice which assists clients in many areas of law including criminal, family, immigration, discrimination and human rights.

Her own practice specialises in youth law, refugee and asylum law, and human rights.

Dr Fernand de Varennes

International human rights law and language rights

Dr Fernand de Varennes is recognised globally for his research on international law, human rights, minorities and ethnic conflicts. Renowned as one of the world's leading legal experts on language rights, he was awarded the 2004 Linguapax Award (Spain) in acknowledgement of his outstanding work in the field of linguistic diversity and multilingual education.

Dr de Varennes was formerly Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict at Murdoch University, and is founding editor-in-chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law.

He has worked with international organisations including the United Nations’ Working Group on the Rights of Minorities.

Guy Hall

Criminology; violent offender treatment and restorative justice

Guy Hall is an expert in restorative justice processes, investigating impacts on victims and offenders, the management of prisoners at risk of suicide and self harm, and intervention with high risk and violent offenders.

Along with Professor Kevin Howells, he was responsible for the developing the Violent Offending Treatment Program for the Department of Corrective Services.

Mr Hall is Associate Dean of Law (Research) at Murdoch University and deputy chair of the Prisoners Review Board of Western Australia.