ILSAC membership
The Council’s members are drawn from relevant government and private sector bodies, including private legal practice in Australia, legal education institutions, legal professional bodies and other legal and related services areas. Government representatives are drawn from relevant government departments and agencies.
Members are appointed by the Attorney-General for Australia and serve in a voluntary capacity and do not receive any remuneration or sitting fees.
ILSAC Chairman, Mr Tim Bugg, Director, Dobson Mitchell & Allport Lawyers, Hobart, was appointed on 1 July 2009 for a four year term concluding on 30 June 2013.
The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, appointed the following fourteen (non-government) members for ILSAC’s seventh term concluding on 30 June 2013:
- Prof Duncan Bentley, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University Of Technology
- Mr Stuart Clark, Chief Operating Officer & Managing Partner International, Clayton Utz
- Prof Michael Coper, Dean of Law, Australian National University
- Mr John Denton, CEO, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
- Dr Gordon Hughes, Partner, Blake Dawson
- Mr Glenn Ferguson, Managing Partner, Ferguson Cannon
- Mr David Krasnostein, Head, Global Private Equity, MLC
- Mr Tim Lester, Partner, Allens Arthur Robinson
- Ms Bronwyn Lincoln, Partner, Freehills
- Prof Jill McKeough, Dean of Law, University Of Technology, Sydney (also President of Council of Law Deans)
- Ms Fiona McLeod SC, Barrister
- Mr Russell Miller, Partner & Chairman, Minter Ellison
- Mr Robert Milliner, CEO, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- Ms Mary Padbury, Chairman, Blake Dawson
- Ms Kerry Ryan, Consultant, Norton Rose
See the Attorney-General’s media release on the appointment of ILSAC’s seventh term members.