Professor
Andrew Mowbray

Co-Director AustLII

B.Sc, LLB (UNSW), MSc (UTS), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW

Academic Profile

Professor Andrew Mowbray joined the Faculty in 1986 as a Lecturer with degrees in Computing Science and Law. He took a national leadership role in the computerization of law and the development of computerized legal research from the late 1980s onwards. Over the years, Professor Mowbray has maintained an active involvement in the teaching of the core subject Legal Research and specialist electives such as Law and Computers.

Andrew was Associate Dean of the Faculty 1998- 2005 and has served on a range of senior University Boards and Committees. He was appointed Professor of Law and Information Technology in 2003.

In conjunction with his research colleagues, Professor Graham Greenleaf at UNSW and Philip Chung at UTS, Professor Mowbray was a central figure in the creation of Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). He has been a principal software author and technical director and is currently AustLII's Co-Director.

Recent Research Activities

ARC Link Infrastructure Equipment Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): WORLDLII - "Australia's leading role in global legal research infrastructure" (Stage 3) (2006)

ARC SRI E-Research Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): Improving a global research network of free access providers of legal information: Synchronisation, stability, redundancy, load balancing and shared metadata (2006)

ARC Link Infrastructure Equipment Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): WORLDLII - "Australia's leading role in global legal research infrastructure". (Stage 2) (2005)

ARC Link Infrastructure Equipment Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): WORLDLII - "Australia's leading role in global legal research infrastructure". (Stage 1) (2004)

ARC Link Infrastructure Equipment Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): AustLII: Creating national and regional infrastructure for all legal research". (Stage 1) (2003)

ARC Linkage Grant (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): "Automating improvements to the authority and interactivity of legislation-like instruments, to benefit government and business performance"

Asian Development Bank (with Professor G. Greenleaf, UNSW): "Project DIAL -Development of the Internet for Asian Law".  See  also UNSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre

A fuller list of Grants and research projects is to be found at www2.austlii.edu.au/~andrew/