Mr Tom Baxter

BEc-LLB(Hons) (Tas), GradCertLegPrac (Tas), LLM (ANU), Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the High Court of Australia

Lecturer (currently 0.2 plus PhD Scholarship until 2010)

Contact Details

Telephone: +61 3 6226 2803

Fax: +61 3 6226 7845

Location: Hobart Campus, Faculty of Business, Commerce Building , Rm 423

Email: Tom.Baxter@utas.edu.au

Tom graduated from UTAS then worked for Hobart law firm Dobson, Mitchell & Allport from September 1997 to December 1999. From January 2000 to May 2003 he was Legal Officer for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Australian Government statutory authority responsible for management of the Great Barrier Reef. In June 2003 he returned to UTAS as a Lecturer in the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance. In mid-2007 Tom obtained approval to take 80% leave for 3 years and took up a PhD scholarship. After that his position reverts to 100% full-time Lecturer.
Tom is an alternate chair of the University's Discipline Panel.
He also currently serves on the board or management committee of the following organisations:
-The Friends' School (Board of Governors, Executive Committee, Finance Committee)
-National Environmental Law Association (National Executive committee)
-Tasmanian Environmental Defenders Office (committee)
-Tasmanian Peace Trust (committee).