ProfessorRita Shackel

BSc LLB GradDipEd MA PhD (Sydney) GradDipLegalPrac (College of Law); Admitted Legal Practitioner (NSW Supreme Court)

Rita is a graduate of the University of Sydney holding undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in law, science, psychology and education. She has worked as a lawyer, advocate, policy adviser, researcher, academic and consultant in a range of settings including in academe, government and in non-governmental organisations. Rita has served on numerous government, institutional and professional committees, and delivered professional and continuing education programs to legal practitioners, judicial officers, police, and health and welfare professionals nationally and internationally. Her work focuses on women and children's rights.