Prof Kathrine S Galloway AM
Cairns Rowing Club (QLD) and River City Women’s Rowing Club (QLD)
Kathrine Scott Heard became a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours List for significant service to the law, to education, and to the community.
In her citation her past membership of the Cairns Rowing Club and her past Presidency of the River City Women's Rowing Club were mentioned.
Her full citation follows.
For significant service to the law, to education, and to the community.
Australasian Law Academics Association
• Chair, 2020-2024.
• Deputy Chair, 2018-2020.
• Committee Member, since 2015.
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
• Deputy Chair, 2019-2024.
• Chair, National Merger Committee, 2018-2019.
• Member, Management Committee, Environmental Defenders Office (North Queensland), 2015-2019.
Queensland Law Society
• Member, Equity and Diversity Committee, 2013-2024.
• Member, Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee, 2009-2013.
• Member/Associate Member, since 1992.
The Law
• Affiliate Member, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, since 2022.
• Inaugural Convenor, Legal Education Associate Deans’ Network, 2010-2013.
• Lawyer, Cape York Land Council, 2004-2006.
• Property Lawyer, Miller Harris Lawyers, 1997-2004.
• Member, Establishment Steering Committee, North Queensland Women's Legal Service, 1995-1996.
• Member, Management Committee, Cairns Community Legal Centre, 1992-1995.
• Solicitor, Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia.
• Admitted to Practice, 1992.
Griffith University
• Director, Career Readiness, Arts Education and Law, 2023-2024.
• Education Lead, Climate Action Beacon, 2023-2024.
• Deputy Chair, Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Arts Education and Law, 2021-2023.
• Committee Member, Equity Committee, 2020-2023.
• Associate Professor of Law, Griffith Law School, 2020-2023.
Bond University
• Co-Director, Centre for Professional Legal Education, 2017-2019.
• Curriculum Lead, Integrated Skills and Professionalism, 2018-2019.
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 2016-2019.
James Cook University
• Senior Lecturer, School of Law, 2004-2015.
• Curriculum Scholar, Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts, 2009-2011.
• Director, Teaching and Learning, School of Law, 2009-2013.
• First Year Coordinator, School of Law, 2008-2012.
Academia
• Professor of Law, Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching, RMIT, since 2025
• Strategic Professor, Law and Social Justice, Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic
University, 2024.
• Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia, 2018-2023.
• Visiting Scholar, Monash University, 2016-2021.
Other
• President, River City Women’s Rowing Club, 2022.
• Former Member, Cairns Rowing Club.
• Principal Fellow, Higher Education Academy.
• Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia.
• Member, Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia.
Publications/Editorial
• Author of various book chapters and over 160 articles.
• Member, Editorial Committee, Alternative Law journal, since 2012.
• Member, Editorial Committee, Legal Ethics journal, since 2023.
• Member, Advisory Board, Law Technology and Humans journal, current.
Legal Education Review journal
• Editor-in-Chief, 2016-2023.
• Member, Editorial Committee, 2012-2023.
Awards and Recognition include:
• ‘Inspiring Queensland Women Lawyers’ List, Women Lawyers Association of Queensland, 2018 and 2020.
• Excellence in Teaching and Learning, The First Year Experience in Law, James Cook University, 2011.
• Inclusive Practice Award, 2009 and 2010.
• National Citation for Leadership, Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2009.
• Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning: Leadership in Teaching Law, James Cook University, 2009.
Extracted by Andrew Guerin
June 2025