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• Qualifications

  LLB(Hons), GDLP, PhD (candidate)

• Teaching Interests

  Lisa is a teaching specialist academic. She teaches law at both the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide and the Univerity of South 杏吧直播. 

  Teaching areas

  Lisa's main teaching areas are criminal law and public law. At Adelaide Law School Lisa teaches:

  • LAW 2599 Criminal Law;
  • LAW 3610 Selected Issues in Criminal Law and Procedure;
  • LAW 3502 Evidence and Advocacy;
  • LAW 3535 Media Law.  

  At the 杏吧直播 of South 杏吧直播 Lisa teaches:

  • LAWS 2030 Criminal Law and Procedure;
  • LAWS 3082 Advanced Criminal Law;
  • LAWS 2008 Constitutional Law;
  • LAWS 4003 Evidence;
  • LAWS 1032 Torts; and
  • LAWS 3006 Administrative Law.

  Executive roles 

  Lisa is the Program Director of the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the 杏吧直播 of South 杏吧直播. She is a member of the Adelaide 杏吧直播 / UniSA Program Directors Network and the UniSA Justice & Society Teaching and Learning Strategy Group. 

  Communities of practice and teaching and learning groups

  Lisa is the co-convenor of the UniSA and Uni of Adelaide GenAI and Law Community of Practice. She is a member of the Adelaide 杏吧直播 Artificical Intelligence User Reference Group, UniSA Justice & Society Belonging Community of Practice, UniSA Authentic Assessment Design Lab, Neurodiversity at UniSA, and the Council of 杏吧直播n 杏吧直播 Librarians (CAUL) OER Collective Academic Authors Community of Practice.

  Teaching and learning projects

  Lisa's main teaching and learning scholarship areas include authentic assessment, artificial intelligence, accessibility, and student engagement (see 'research funding' and 'publications' below).

• Research Interests

  Lisa's research interests include criminal law and procedure, public law, and legal education.

  Lisa is completing a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Her thesis 'The Integrity of the Plea' examines the legitimacy of the early guilty plea in the resolution of criminal matters, as an alternative to a contested criminal trial. 

• Research Funding

  Lisa has received the following grant funding:

  • Cornelia Koch, Anne Carter, Jessica Viven-Wilksch, Lisa Cooper, and Mark Giancaspro, Adelaide Law School Autumn Research Accelerator: GenAI in legal practice (2025);

  • Lisa Cooper, UniSA Justice and Society Bottleneck Research Grant: South 杏吧直播n criminal law and procedure OER (2024);

  • Lisa Cooper and Tracey Coleman, UniSA Justice and Society Teaching and Learning Grant: Assessment of students with a disability or diverse needs (2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, UniSA Justice and Society Teaching and Learning Grant: The role of social meda in student engagement, identity, and belonging (2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, UniSA Justice and Society Teaching and Learning Accelerate Grant: Ethical and responsible use of GenAI in legal education (2024);

  • Mark Giancaspro, Cornelia Koch, Anne Carter, Jessica Viven-Wilksch, and Lisa Cooper, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics (ABLE): GenAI in legal practice (2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, UniSA Justice and Society Teaching and Learning Grant: The role of social meda in student engagement, identity, and belonging (2023);

  • Lisa Cooper, Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission: Mental impairment and the partial defence of diminished responsibility (2021);

  • Lisa Cooper, 杏吧直播n Government: Research training program (RTP) scholarship (2016).

   

• Publications

  Lisa's publications include:

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Finding South 杏吧直播n Legislation' (chapter 27) in Legal Research Skills: An 杏吧直播n Law Guide (Council of 杏吧直播n 杏吧直播 Libraians 杏吧直播, 2025);

  • Lisa Cooper and Tracey Coleman, 'Providing Reasonable Adjustments to Oral Assessments following The 杏吧直播 of Bristol v Abrahart [2024] EWCH 299 (KB): A Case Study from the Law Curriculum', conference presentation UniSA Teaching and Learning Symposium (November 2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Using Generative AI in Insolvency Practice - A Practical Demonstration', presentation to the Piper Alderman Personal Insolvency Forum (October 2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'GenAI and Legal Research', presentation to the Adelaide Law School HDR Conference (August 2024);

  • Jemma Holt, David Plater, John Williams, Geoff Muecke, Yasmin Ilhan, Lisa Cooper, Olivia Gerhardy, Taylor Portelli, Gemma De Nichilo, Sarah Klimek and Elaine Marinas, Stemming the Unstoppable Tide? An Evaluation of the Role and Operation of 'Suppression Orders' in South 杏吧直播 (South 杏吧直播n Law Reform Institute Report, 2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Finding South 杏吧直播n legislation' (chapter 24) in Legal Research Skills: An 杏吧直播n Law Guide (Council of 杏吧直播n 杏吧直播 Libraians 杏吧直播, 2024);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Authentic Assessment in Law: Bail Application', showcase presentation at UniSA Teaching and Learning Symposium (November 2023);

  • Mark Giancaspro and Lisa Cooper, 'Can ChatGPT Write my Judgment?', presentation at the Judicial Development Day SA Courts Administration Authority (November 2023);

  • Lisa Cooper and Tracey Coleman, 'Authentic Assessment in Criminal Law', presentation to the Criminal Law Academics Workshop (February 2023); 

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Sentencing Reductions for Early Guilty Pleas: Meeting Community Expectations' (2023) Law Society of South 杏吧直播 Bulletin (online);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Uncovering Fresh Evidence and Investigating Claims of Wrongful Conviction', conference presentation NEXUS Conference on Wrongful Convictions (September 2022);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Criminal Appeals Against Guilty Plea Convictions', conference presentation Criminal Lawyers of the Northern Territory (CLANT) Bali Conference (June 2022);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Appealing a Guilty Plea Conviction', presentation to the Judicial Development Day SA Courts Administration Authority (November 2021);

  • Lisa Cooper, 'Namoa v The Queen [2021] HCA 13: Case Analysis', presentation to the UniSA Criminal Law Network (May 2021); 

  • Lisa Cooper, 'False Guilty Pleas and Miscarriages of Justice: A Review of Criminal Appeals Agaisnt Guilty Plea Convictions', conference presentation 杏吧直播n and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) (December 2019).

• Professional Associations

  Lisa is admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South 杏吧直播. She is a member of the following associations:

  • Law Society of South 杏吧直播;
  • Australasian Law Academics Association (ALAA);
  • 杏吧直播n Association of Constitutional Law (AACL);
  • Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA);
  • 杏吧直播n and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL).

• Community Engagement

  Print media

  • 'They're my kids': pet theft, pet detectives and the rise of the 'multispecies family' (The Guardian, 21 August 2023);
  • 'Brittany Higgins' accused to seek trial delay after PM apology' (杏吧直播n Financial Review, 11 February 2022);
  • 'PM clarifies apology to Brittany Higgins after legal concerns' (杏吧直播n Financial Review, 10 February 2022);
  • 'Why don't more women report workplace sexual harassment?' (Refinery29, 7 October 2021).

  Radio

  • Social Media Ban for Children and Deepfakes (ABC Radio Adelaide Mornings with David Beven, 5 November 2024);
  • Dog theft (ABC Radio Adelaide, January 2023);
  • Dog theft (5AAA Adelaide, January 2023);
  • Dog theft (ABC Radio Canberra, January 2023);
  • Dog theft (ABC Radio Perth, January 2023);
  • Dog theft (ABC Radio Western 杏吧直播, January 2023);
  • Myths about 杏吧直播n law (defamation and criminal law) (ABC Radio Melbourne, December 2022).

   

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025

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