Gary Cazalet

Associate Professor Gary Cazalet is a faculty member at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Victoria, he is a member of the Victorian Bar on the retired list. Gary possesses over 25 years of legal practice experience, including five years as a solicitor and 11 years at the Victorian Bar, where he handled commercial, administrative, and insurance matters and acted as a mediator. Prior to his academic career, he also worked as an ethics consultant. He joined Melbourne Law School in 2005.

At Melbourne Law School, Gary teaches and conducts research in dispute resolution, court procedures and processes, civil practice and procedure, legal ethics, public interest litigation, and law and literature. His primary interest lies in the use of literature in teaching law. He has introduced pioneering subjects including Law and Literature, Future Lawyer, and Law Apps, a practical law and technology course focused on human-centred design to improve access to justice, particularly for underfunded not-for-profit organizations. As founder and coordinator of Law Apps, he emphasizes technology's role in empowering clients to manage their legal affairs. Gary has delivered workshops and papers nationally and internationally, with a focus on experiential learning, creative thinking, and reflective practice. He delivered the 2024 Rare Books Lecture, 'Persuasion and Prejudice: Jane Austen and Lawyering'. His key publication is 'Unresolved Issues: Costs in Public Interest Litigation in Australia' (2010) 29(1) Civil Justice Quarterly 108. Gary serves as Director of the Civil Justice Research Group, Co-Director of Studies for the Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution within Melbourne Law Masters, and Co-Coordinator of the Digital Citizens Research Network at Melbourne Law School. He currently teaches Advocacy.

Professional Email: g.cazalet@unimelb.edu.au