Prof George Hampel - Researcher Profile

George Hampel

Address

Faculty of Law
PO Box 12, Clayton

Biography

The Honorable Professor George Hampel AM QC was appointed as Professor of Trial Practice and Advocacy of Faculty of Law at Monash University in September 2000.

Until then he was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victorian from 1983 and a barrister from 1958. He has held the positions of Vice President of the Law Council of Australia, Vice Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council, Chairman of the Leo Cussen Institute, member of the Council of Legal Education and Council of Adult Education.   From 2001 - 2010 he was the President of the International Institute of Forensic Studies, he was the Foundation Member of the Victorian Bar Reader’s Course, Chairman of the Constitution Commission of Victoria and Chairman of the Legal Practice Board of Victoria.

He has held appointments as Adjunct Professor at the Australian National, Melbourne and Bond Universities, and the University of Western Australia. Since 1972, George has developed and continued to teach advocacy at law schools to barristers and solicitors in Australia and overseas. He has developed courses for the English Bar, the Scottish Faculty of Advocates and the Singapore Bar and trained war crime prosecutors in The Hague and Tanzania. 

Since 1991, he has been Chairman of the Australian Advocacy Institute (AAI) and is now Director of the Monash Forensic Studies Program, regularly conducting short courses and workshops both locally and abroad. 

Professor Hampel is a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia, AM (citations for development of advocacy training and service to legal institutions) and was awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal (for chairing the Constitution Commission).

 

Areas of Expertise

Advocacy skills and techniques

Ethics of advocacy

Advocacy training methods

Expert evidence and training of experts

Research & Supervision Interests

    Advocacy and Trial Practice

    Forensic Studies

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF LAWS
Institution: University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Hampel, G., Brimer, E.M., Kune, R., 2008, Advocacy Manual: The Complete Guide to Persuasive Advocacy, Australian Advocacy Institute, Melbourne Victoria.

Teaching Commitment

Loss, causation and damages  (LAW7283)

Pre trial analysis and preparation  (LAW7282)

The expert witness in the adversary system  (LAW7281)

Trial practice and advocacy 506  (LAW5127)

Advocacy theory and practice  (LAW7303)