Rate My Professor Jacques Duvenhage

Dr. Jacques Duvenhage is a Law Lecturer in the School of Law and Business at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus. He holds an LLB and LLM from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, an LLM (Research) from the University of Notre Dame Australia, and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) specializing in Employment Law, which he obtained in 2023. Earlier in his career, he lectured at the University of South Africa, coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Commercial, Corporate, and Employment Law. He is admitted as an Advocate (Barrister) of the High Court of South Africa, specializing in general commercial matters, and is a qualified commercial mediator and negotiator. Before joining the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2015, he worked on multinational projects between Perth and Sydney. Since then, he has coordinated various courses, including Employment Law, Tort Law, Social Media and the Law, and Equity Law.

Dr. Duvenhage’s specialization is general Employment Law, with special interests in tortious liability, discrimination, and workers’ compensation litigation. His academic interests include Employment Law, Workplace Health & Safety Law, Workers’ Compensation, Tort Law, Equity, and General Commercial Law. Key publications include Jacques Duvenhage, ‘Rajab Suliman v Rasier Pacific Pty Ltd: Employee or Independent Contractor?’ (2019) 21 The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review 1; Joan Squelch and Jacques Duvenhage, ‘Supporting University Students with Disabilities: Making Reasonable Adjustments while Meeting Education Program and Course Requirements’ (2021) 40(2) University of Tasmania Law Review 140; and Phil Evans, Chinelle van der Westhuizen, and Jacques Duvenhage, ‘Avoiding Construction Contract Risk in a COVID-19 Environment’ (2022) 38(2) Building and Construction Law Journal 88. He was a finalist for the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards: Academic of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2018.