Rate My Professor Joe Campbell

Professor Joe Campbell is an Adjunct Professor in the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney, where he teaches Equity and Interpretation to students in the Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor programs. He earned honours degrees in both Arts and Law from the University of Sydney, having attended Tamworth High School and participated in the International Science School at the university in 1965. His association with the University of Sydney began early in his career as a part-time lecturer from 1974 to 1978, followed by his appointment as Challis Lecturer in Bankruptcy from 1983 to 1986. Campbell commenced his legal practice in 1974 as a solicitor at Allen, Allen & Hemsley, was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1975, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1988. He built a reputation as a versatile advocate, appearing in the Supreme, Federal, and High Courts in areas including administrative law, banking and finance, commercial law, corporations law, insolvency and bankruptcy, intellectual property, trade practices, and equity.

In 2001, Campbell was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, initially sitting as a first instance judge in the Equity Division until 2006 and then as a judge of the Court of Appeal until his retirement in December 2012. He was appointed Adjunct Professor at the Sydney Law School in January 2013 and elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law that same year. He holds the rank of King's Counsel and serves as Deputy Chair of the Electoral Commission of New South Wales. Campbell has made significant contributions to legal scholarship and education, including authoring the Legal History Podcasts on Equity series to aid students in understanding the historical development of equity doctrines influenced by church, kings, politics, and scientific revolution. His key publications include 'Some Legal Implications of Pork Barrelling' (2023), 'The Consequences of Rebutting a Presumption of Advancement' (2018), 'Corporate Law, the Courts and Corporate Personality' (2015), 'The Development of Principles in Equity in the Seventeenth Century' (2015), and 'Why Statutory Interpretation Is Done as It Is Done' (2014, Australian Bar Review 39). He has also held positions such as Chair of the Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, member of the Legal Profession Admission Board, and contributor to the Commercial Law Association and Company Law Discussion Group.