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Academic Qualifications
- BA(Psych)(Hons), LLB(Hons), Grad Dip Legal Practice (NSW), PhD Candidate (Melb)
- Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) Certificate;
- Advanced Certificate Intergrated Cognitive Therapy;
- Graduate Certificate Cognitive Restructuring.
Teaching Expertise
- Torts
- Biotechnology and the Law
- Assisted Reproduction and the Law
- Legal Method and Research
- Property Law
Subjects Taught 2008
- Property Law
- Torts
- Misleading and Deceptive Conduct
Research Interests
- Biotechnology and the Law (particularly research on human embryos, cloning and the law)
- Assisted Reproduction and the Law
- Health Law
Work History
- Lecturer, Deakin University, 2008-
- Senior Fellow, Legal Research and Method; Torts (Juris Doctorate); and Fundamentals of the Common Law (LLM), Melbourne University 2005-2008
- Sessional Lecturer, Torts; Legal Method and Reasoning (LLB), Melbourne University, 2003-2007
- Policy and Research Officer, (Specifically working on reference on Access to Assisted Reproduction), Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2004-2005
- Paralegal, Freehills, Private Client Area (Property Law), 2003 (Temp)
- Legal Assistant, Abbott Tout Lawyers, Local Government Group, 2003 (Temp)
- Paralegal/Clerk, Burn and Company Lawyers, Sydney (Property & Commercial Law Specialist), 2000-2003
- Law Clerk, Cunich Business Lawyers, (Property & Commercial Law), 2001
Publications
Journal Articles - Refereed
- S Magri, Research on Human Embryos and Cloning: Difficulties of legislating in a changing environment and model approaches to regulation, 12(4) Journal of Law and Medicine (May 2005).
Conference
- S. Magri, 'From social issues to state regulation: an historical overview of Australian and New Zealand responses to assisted reproduction' (paper presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of Australian Birth Defects Society/Symposium on Embryo, fetus and newborn: from experiment to clinical practice and prevention in the Antipodes, Royal Children`s Hospital, Melbourne, 29-31 April 2005).
- L. Skene and S. Magri, 'Towards a consensus on cloning and stem cell research: Ethics and Public Policy' (presented at Stem Cell Ethics Australia, Conference November 2004, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute).
- L. Skene and S. Magri, 'Stem cells and public policy, The difficulty of legislating in a changing environment' (paper presented at 7th World Congress of Bioethics, Sydney, 10 Nov 2004., Sydney, Australia, 10 November 2004).
Victorian Law Reform Commission Papers
- Primary Author, VLRC Position Paper 1: Access to Assisted Reproductive Technology (May 2005).
- Co Author, VLRC Position Paper 2: Legal Parentage (July 2005).
- Primary Author, VLRC Position Paper 3: Surrogacy (Nov 2005).
- J. Seymour and S. Magri, 'ART, Surrogacy and Legal Parentage: A Comparative Legislative Review' (2004). Occasional Paper commissioned by Victorian Law Reform Commission.
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