Craig Smith - Legal Practice Unit

Sessional Academic

GradDipLaw Barrister at Law

Contact:

Room: C356 (Gardens Point campus)
Tel: (07) 313 81391
Fax: (07) 313 81520
Email: c7.smith@qut.edu.au

Craig has a Graduate Diploma in Law, and is a member of the private bar. He completed the Bar Practice Course at the Queensland University of Technology in 2003, and was awarded the James Archibald Douglas prize. He has practiced in a wide range of areas, including criminal, family, employment and veterans affairs law.

Craig has taught on both the Legal Practice Course and Bar Practice Course for the past three years, and has been instrumental in the development of interactive and multimedia content, particularly for on-line course delivery.

Prior to joining the legal profession, Craig worked internationally for many years as a managing consultant in the areas of corporate governance, risk management and organisational change. He has significant experience as a project director in technical and organisational projects for government and international corporates. Craig is a member of the Bar Practice Course Committee, and is currently undertaking a Masters of Law through QUT.

Research interests:

• Therapeutic jurisprudence
• Advocacy training

Units currently taught:

• LPP116 Criminal Law
• LPP116 Employment & Industrial Law