Gina Masterton

I am an Indigenous Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Justice, QUT.

From 1995 to 1999 I studied law at QUT Brisbane and graduated in early 2000 with a Bachelor of Laws. While studying, I worked for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (Brisbane) as a legal cadet. In July 2000 I was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia as a Barrister-at-Law, and then moved to Los Angeles. For thirteen years I worked for litigation and entertainment firms and at the end of 2013, I relocated to Brisbane. I obtained a Solicitor’s Practising Certificate and in February 2014 I enrolled in a Master of Laws (Coursework) program at QUT. At the end of 2014, I received a Graduate Diploma and subsequently conferred to a Master of Laws (Research) program to write a thesis on the introduction of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, to which Australia is a signatory. In July 2016 I graduated with a Master of Laws (Research). In August 2016 I was accepted to undertake a PhD with Griffith University Law School to research and write about how international and Australian family law affects women fleeing domestic violence with their children across borders. In November 2021 I began my fellowship with the QUT School of Justice and will conclude this in November 2024 after which I will continue at QUT in a teaching / research role.