Stephen John Parker

Stephen John Parker

Stephen John Parker is a legal academic and university administrator. He is the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra.

Parker was born in the north of England. He graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a Bachelor of Laws. He went on to obtain a PhD from the University of Wales. [ [http://www.canberra.edu.au/university/about/executive-staff/stephen-parker University of Canberra : Governance : Professor Stephen Parker ] ] He first worked as an academic at University College, Cardiff. Between 1988 and 1994, he was Senior Lecturer and Reader in law at the Australian National University. [ [http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20070306_meetsparker University of Canberra :Monitor Online:Monitor meets... Stephen Parker ] ] He was then Professor of Law at Griffith University.

Professor Parker is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the ACT, Barrister-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He practised law in the UK before moving to Australia in 1988.

In 1999, he was appointed Dean of Monash University Law School, a position he held until 2003. He then became Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.

He began his term as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Canberra on March 1 2007. [ [http://www.monash.edu.au/news/monashmemo/stories/20070207/stephen-parker.html Monash University farewells Stephen Parker - (Monash Memo, 7 February 2007) ] ]

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