To provide a presence and concentration for the study of law and society in Australia and New Zealand.
About us
History
LSAANZ was established and incorporated on 8 December 2006 at its annual Law and Society Conference. The objective was to provide a more permanent presence and concentration for the study of law and society in Australia and New Zealand.
Purpose
The purpose of LSAANZ is to promote and foster scholarship broadly focusing on the interactions and intersections between law and society. LSAANZ does this by running, in conjunction with other organisations, centres and universities, its annual Law and Society Conference and other similar events. You can click here to read the association rules for LSAANZ.
Executive committee
The 2026 committee members were elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association, held in person at the 2025 LSAANZ Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Thursday 4 December 2025.
President
Esther Erlings, Macquarie University
Vice-president
Marc Trabsky, Monash University
Treasurer
Bill Swannie, Australian Catholic University
Secretary
Monica Taylor, Queensland University of Technology
Postgraduate member
Wenny Sampurna, Monash University
Ordinary member
Katie de Roo, University of Otago
Achalie Kumarage (Communications Officer)
Management committee
The Management committee includes all members of the Executive, plus:
Amy Barrow, Macquarie University
Uchechukwu Ngwaba, Toronto Metropolitan University
Scholarship
Publication prizes committee
TBD