
Professor Gary Edmond
BA(Hons)(Medal) University of Wollongong, LLB(Hons) University of Sydney, PhD University of Cambridge
Gary Edmond is a law professor in the School of Law at the University of New South Wales, where he directs the Program in Expertise, Evidence and Law. Originally trained in the history and philosophy of science, he subsequently studied law at the University of Sydney and took a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge. An active commentator on expert evidence in Australia, England, the US and Canada, he is a member of the Council of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences, a member of Standards Australia’s forensic science committee, a member of the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, and served as an international adviser to the Goudge Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (2007-2008). He is Chair of the Evidence-based forensics initiative (EBFI) and is co-author of Australian Evidence: A principled approach to the common law and the uniform acts (6th ed. LexisNexis, 2017).
Areas of expertise:
Expert evidence, Forensic science, Law and science, Law and society, Sociology of scientific knowledge, Public understanding of law, Empirical legal studies
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2012-2015ÌýÌýÌýÌýÂ ARC LP: Forensic reasoning and uncertainty ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÂ Â Â A$430 000
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             South Wales Police, Victoria Police)
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2009-2013ÌýÌýÌýÌýÂ ARC Future Fellowship: Suspect sciencesÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÂ Â Â A$761 981
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            (Partners: School of Language, ANU; Engineering,
            UNSW; Australian Federal Police; Queensland Police
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            National Institute of Forensic Science; Guardia Civil,
            Departamento de IngenierÃa (Spain).)
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2007-2010ÌýÌýÌýÌý ARC Discovery Project: Law’s expertsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý A$108 000
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Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
My Teaching
I teach Courts, Procedure, Evidence and Proof, Introducing Law and Justice and the elective Expert Evidence