Meri Oakwood

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BSc (Hons) Macquarie University 1992
PhD Australian National University (animal ecology) 1998
LLB (Hons) Southern Cross University 2020
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice College of Law Jan 2022
Admitted to the Supreme Court of NSW as a Lawyer April 2022
I teach law at mostly second year level in the Bachelor of Laws Degree, my teaching areas being Animal Law, Environmental Law and Property Law. I was on the steering committee of the SCU "Children, Trauma and the Law" conference in 2023 and the SCU "Children's Rights and the Law" conference in 2025. I have previous experience working with the Women's Domestic Violence Advocacy Service.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Law, Southern Cross University
  • 2022–2023
    Solicitor , Mid North Coast Legal Centre
  • 2018–2018
    Court Advocate, Womens Domestic Violence Legal Service
  • 2015–2017
    Legal Assistant, Private Law Firm
  • 2001–2013
    Ecological Consultant, Envirotek Ecological Services
  • 2000–2002
    Lecturer in Ecosystem Management, University of New England
  • 1996–1999
    Lecturer in Ecology and Statistics, Charles Darwin University

Education

  • 2022 
    College of Law, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
  • 2022 
    Supreme Court of New South Wales, Admitted as a Lawyer
  • 2020 
    Southern Cross University, LLB (Hons)
  • 1998 
    Australian National University, PhD
  • 1992 
    Macquarie University, BSc (Hons)

Publications

  • 2023
    ’Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus, In Strahan's Mammals of Australia
  • 2017
    Declines in the mammal assemblage of a rugged sandstone environment in Kakadu National Park, Northern territory, Australia’, Australian Mammalogy
  • 2013
    Queensland northern quolls are not immune to cane toad toxin, Wildlife Research
  • 2009
    Northern Rivers Invasive Plants Action Strategy 2009-2013 , Published by (North Coast Weeds Advisory Committee, ISBN: 978-0-646-51274-7
  • 2004
    Death after sex, Biologist
  • 2004
    Case of the disappearing spots, Nature Australia
  • 2003
    Chapter title:Carnivore concerns: problems, issues and solutions for conserving Australasia’s marsupial carnivores (co-authored), In Predators with Pouches: the Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials
  • 2001
    Semelparity in a large marsupial, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
  • 2000
    A survey of the attributes and requirements of quolls that may affect their suitability as household pets, Australian Zoologist

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    Spotted-tailed Quolls in the New England Tablelands
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    NSW NPWS
  • 2005
    The impact of cane toads on northern quolls in Kakadu National Park
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Parks Australia North
  • 2004
    The impact of cane toads on northern quolls in Kakadu National Park
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Parks Australia North
  • 2003
    The impact of cane toads on northern quolls in Kakadu National Park
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Parks Australia North
  • 2002
    The impact of cane toads on northern quolls in Kakadu National Park
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Parks Australia North
  • 2001
    Spotted-tailed Quolls in the New England Tablelands
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    NSW NPWS
  • 2001
    The impact of cane toads on northern quolls in Kakadu National Park
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Parks Australia North

Professional Memberships

  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • Clarence River and Coffs Harbour Law Society
  • Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
  • Family Law Pathways Network

Contact Meri for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision