PhD Scholar Information

Laura Grenfell Centre for International Governance & Justice (CIGJ) Email laura.grenfell@adelaide.edu.au Phone +61 (0)8 8303 5777

Laura Grenfell holds a LLB (Hons) and BA (Hons) from the University of Adelaide and a LLM from the University of Toronto. Before becoming an academic, she practised constitutional law at the Crown Solicitor’s Office in South Australia. At the University of Adelaide Law School, Laura lectures in Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law and Comparative Constitutional Law. She has published in the areas of feminist theory and transitional justice.

Laura is currently undertaking her PhD by research under the supervision of Professor Hilary Charlesworth in the field of transitional justice. In particular, she is examining the enshrinement of concepts such as the rule of law and equality in constitutions of transitional countries and assessing whether, how and what this mechanism delivers.