Call for Expressions of Interest
Joining the editorial team of AUSPUBLAW
(hosted by Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law & AACL)
We are seeking expressions of interest from final year LLM students, HDR law students or others with relevant legal qualifications and experience from across Australia to join the AUSPUBLAW editorial team as a Joint Editor.
We are looking for people who could start from mid-2024. The exact starting date can be negotiated. The expectation is that this would be a two-year role. Editors would be paid at the Level 4 Step 1 rate ($45.89/hour).
The Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law are proud to host the AUSPUBLAW blog as an important example of national public law engagement. The blog is a go-to source for up-to-the-minute and high quality scholarship and commentary about Australian public law.
The AUSPUBLAW editorial team currently consists of our Faculty Advisor Associate Professor Janina Boughey, Joint Editors Laura Ismay and Douglas McDonald-Norman and Events Coordinator Kelly Yoon. The editorial team is able to draw upon the assistance of an advisory committee comprised of Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law members and fellows, and members of the AACL.
The role of Joint Editor consists of a mix of editorial, logistical and technical tasks, including:
commissioning blog posts in accordance with a publishing protocol which ensures a mixture of responses to recent developments/cases and posts sharing academic research, across the broad spectrum of public law (constitutional law, administrative law, Indigenous legal issues, environmental law issues with public law dimensions, etc);
reviewing uncommissioned posts sent to AUSPUBLAW general email to determine suitability for the blog;
commissioning 1-2 book forums (collection of 2-3 short commentaries on a recently published book in the field of public law) per year;
supervising the RA to complete a monthly “round up” of public law events;
editing commissioned posts (editors will assume responsibility for high-level editing of blog posts for clarity, expression, basic accuracy, etc);
ensuring that all posts, along with author details, are uploaded to the blog website; and
publicising the activities of the blog through social media.
The work involved in these roles is somewhat unevenly spread across the year, but averages approx. 2.5-3 hours per fortnight over a 44-48 week period. The blog will typically go on hiatus from mid-December until the end of January.
Applications: Please send a 500 word summary of why you want to join the AUSPUBLAW team, and a short CV of no more than 2 pages to Douglas McDonald-Norman (douglas.mcdonald-norman@unsw.edu.au). Applications will close at 5pm, Monday, 26 February 2024.
For more information about the role, please contact Douglas.