Professor Jill Hunter
Professor
BA LLB (UNSW)
PhD (London)
Law & Justice
School of Law, Society & Criminology
Jill Hunter is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, UNSW.听Jill Hunter's areas of teaching and research centre on the law, policies and practices relating to criminal trials, with particular reference to the interdisciplinary examination of aspects of the role of juries, judges and the law of evidence and procedure.
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Location
Room 231
The Law Building
University of New South Wales
UNSW Kensington Campus
Sydney NSW 2052
Australia
(Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
ARC Discovery Project Grant 2025-2028, 鈥淚nside the jury: A novel experimental technique to study jury deliberation.鈥, CI with R. Kemp (Lead CI), (DP250102628): ($641,610.00)
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, "First Nations Representation on Juries", Lead CI with Shar Crittenden ($5,000)
Australian Institute of Criminology 2022-2023, "Sentencing to create just outcomes: impact of trauma and strength of culture: evaluating the impact of the Bugmy Bar Book Resources 鈥 the first 3 years", Lead CI, with L McNamara ($77,505.00)
ARC Discovery Project Grant 2022-2024, "Judges' work, place and psychological health - a national view", Lead CI with K Burns, R Kemp, T Henning, S Roach Anleu, N Skead, P Vines, C Warner, with PIs K O'Sullivan & C. Schrever, (DP220100585): $540,000.00
ARC Discovery Project Grant听2019-2021, "Juries, Justice and Citizenship: Historicising Women鈥檚 Inequality", Lead CI with D. Kirkby, P Russell, A. Simmonds (DP190100940): $322,000.00
ARC Linkage Grant听 2014-2016, 鈥淩e-inventing Authority & Integrity of Primary Legal Materials鈥, with GW听 Greenleaf, AS Mowbray, Greenleaf, D Svantesson, AG Stuhmcke, JB Hunter, DJ Mason, J Butera, L Newlands, A Phelan, GT Riethmuller, S Talbot, L Atkinson (LP130100382)听$150,000
Law & Justice Foundation large听grant, 2005,听with听R Redman; M San Roque; N Frommer; Z Steel et al (L Pearson from听2008),听鈥楨valuating the Credibility of Applicants for Refugee Status in Australia鈥, $25,000
Law & Justice Foundation large听grant, 2005,听鈥楥omprehension & Obedience to Judicial Directions: Pilot听Study鈥 Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales, with D Boniface, J Chan, M Chesterman,听$20,114.40听
Law & Justice Foundation large听grant, 2009,听鈥楥omprehension & Obedience to Judicial Directions: Jury 2鈥 Law & Justice Foundation of New
South Wales, (revised to 2011),听$15,419.45
Ministry of Internal Affairs & Royal Relations, Netherlands & Erasmus University, Rotterdam, An Overview of Administrative Measures Employed to Prevent Public Disorder in听Australia, with A Krone, [鈧455] $660.00
Teaching related:
AUSAID (AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT)听Grant听to听Epro Hal Wootten,听Prof Jill Hunter,听24 May 2010
USAID (AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT)听Grant听to听Epro Hal Wootten,听Prof Jill Hunter,听01 Jul 2011
Finalist, Australian Legal Research Awards,听2024, with co-author Shar Crittenden [for The Australian Jury in Black and White: Barriers to Indigenous Representation on Juries (AIJA, 2023)]
UNSW Universitas 21 Fellowship [2001]
Runner up, Butterworths ($25,000) Book Prize [for, Hunter J & Cronin K, Evidence, Advocacy & Ethical Practice:听 A Criminal Trial Commentary 1995]
Overseas Research Students Fee Support Scheme (Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the UK).
Special Award for Excellence (London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London, UK)
(Foundation) WG Hart Award in Law for Excellence (London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London, UK)
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Jill Hunter鈥檚 research examines evidence and criminal trial procedure within the broader criminal justice context. Her research incorporates comparative perspectives, the impact of the long reach of history and addresses the human dimension of law鈥檚 processes. The jury trial, judicial officers鈥 wellbeing and the Bugmy Bar Book are particular focal points of Jill鈥檚 current research, reflecting the importance she attaches to empirical research, engagement with the legal profession and maximising听 impact, including in law reform. Jill is a foundation member of the Bugmy Bar Book Committee, Public Defenders鈥 Office, Sydney:
Jill Hunter is a member of the Bugmy Bar Book Committee, Public Defenders' Office, Sydney:听听听
听with听Damien Carrick from听(18 August 2015) about听the case of a jury who sent a note to the judge telling him they couldn't reach a verdict, and whether the judge should tell the defence and prosecution teams the exact breakdown of the votes. Jill also discusses听her study on jurors, which reveals some think it's OK to conduct their own research.
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/queensland-jury-notes/6701808听听
My Research Supervision
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Alexandre Fleck, 'Social media, courts and community' (Jill Hunter/Daniel Joyce/Lyria Bennett Moses)
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David Lusty, 'Reconciling a fair trial under the accusatorial system of criminal justice with the use of evidence lawfully compelled from an accused' (Jill Hunter/Lisa Burton Crawford)
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Alanna Van der Veen, 鈥楧elay, Litigant Rights and Institutional Responsibilities: Reconsidering approaches to trial delay in Australia鈥 (Jill Hunter/Nicholas Cowdery KC/Justine Rogers)
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Clem Ng, 'To what extent do international human rights principles expose and address the听challenges for juvenile justice administration evidenced by the criminalisation of听Indigenous children with neurodisabilities in Australia?' (Jill Hunter/Kyllie Cripps/Vicki Sentas)
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Voleak Srun 'Access to Justice in Cambodian Commercial Land Disputes: Procedural Justice' (Melissa Crouch, Jill Hunter, James Metzger)
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My Teaching
- Court Process, Evidence & Proof (LAWS2351)
- Criminal Process: a Human Rights Framework (LAWS8125)
- Criminal Process: a Human Rights Framework (LAWS3125)
- Criminal Process: a Human Rights Framework (JURD7525)
- The Criminal Trial (LAWS3623)听
- The Criminal Trial (JURD7623)
- Law for Psychologists 2 (LAWS9810) (p/g听psychology students only)
- Criminal Process and Human Rights (LAWS3125)
- The Criminal Trial (CRIM3020)