Jacinth Pathmanathan Email & Phone Number

I am a policy adviser and lawyer with over 10 years’ experience in law and justice system reform. My experience spans federal and state governments in the areas of sexual assault, Indigenous incarceration, family violence, courts, criminal procedure and national security. Before joining the Australian Law Reform Commission, I led the policy and research work for wide-scale inquiries and complex projects at the Victorian Law Reform Commission and RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice. I have worked as an adviser at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, a writer at the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence and a research associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria. Through my work I have designed and implemented new ways to improve the justice system that are grounded in current research, insightful analysis and real-world application. I have engaged and collaborated with people with lived experience, community organisations, research institutions, members of the judiciary, law enforcement and government agencies internationally and in Australia. I have given lectures and presentations and been featured in podcasts. I hold a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and a Master of Laws from Columbia University, New York. I am admitted to legal practice in Victoria.

Listed skills include Public Policy, Political Science, Government, Research, and 8 others.