Prof Leighton McDonald

BEc LLB (hons) (Macq); LLM (York, Osgoode Hall)

Leighton McDonald’s research has traversed a number of areas in public law and legal theory. His current research is focused on administrative law. He is the co-author of a well-known text in this area and has written number of articles on different aspects of the law of judicial review. Leighton draws on his administrative law expertise in his role as legal adviser to the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. He was Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU Law School from 2019-2022 and has held visiting positions at LSE Law, George Washington University and Vanderbilt Law School. Google scholar: H - 14, i10 - 18