Mr Jamie Walvisch - Researcher Profile

Biography

Jamie completed his Bachelors of Arts and Laws (majoring in Japanese and Philosophy) at Monash University in 1999. He graduated first in his class and received the Supreme Court Prize.

After completing his articled clerkship at Holding Redlich, he commenced work as a Research and Policy Officer at the Victorian Law Reform Commission. He worked at the Commission from 2001-2003, during which time he co-authored a number of publications on Defences to Homicide, Disputes Between Co-owners and Workplace Privacy.

During 2003-04 he was employed as a Research Analyst for the Australian Institute of Criminology, where he co-authored two reports for the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Drugs and Crime Prevention in Victoria: Final Report of the Inquiry into Fraud and Electronic Commerce and Final Report of the Inquiry into Violence Associated with Motor Vehicle Use. From 2001-04 Jamie was the chairperson of Springvale Monash Legal Service.

From 2005-12 Jamie worked as Senior Research Officer at the Judicial College of Victoria. In this role he was responsible for developing, drafting and updating the Victorian Criminal Charge Book. This is the main judicial reference book used by judges and legal practitioners in Victorian criminal jury trials. He also co-authored the Report of the Jury Directions Simplification Project (the 'Weinberg Report').

Jamie commenced work on his PhD in 2008. His thesis, which is titled Sentencing Offenders With Mental Illnesses: A Principled Approach, examines the circumstances in which mental illnesses should be taken into account when sentencing on offender who is convicted of a serious crime. Jamie has published articles on this issue, and has given presentations about it at a number of national and international conferences. He is also a member of the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health.

Jamie was employed as a sessional lecturer at Monash in 2012, and took up a full-time position in 2013. 

Keywords

Criminal Law, Ethics, Evidence, Juries/jurors, Mental health, Sentencing

Qualifications

LAWS (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2000

ARTS (HONOURS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1993

Teaching Commitment

·         Principles of Criminal Law and Procedure (LAW 7264)

·         Criminal Law B (LAW 3302)

·         Lawyers Ethics & Society (LAW 5125)

·         Lawyers' Responsibilities (LAW 7331)