Jacob Mccahon Email & Phone Number

- Senior and sole researcher for court's common and commercial law divisions.- Researching various queries from judges ranging from appeal costs certificates to handing down judgments by email.- Maintaining close familiarity with court's civil rules.- Assisting with various law reform activities including membership of the court's rules committee. - Facilitating the judicial review process from the County to the Supreme Court.- Maintaining close understanding of significant judgments by the Supreme, Court of Appeal, and High Courts.

Melbourne

- Mentoring students at the college through guidance and role-modelling. - Assisting students academically in tutorials and consults (Law, Justice and Social Change; Law in Society; Global Human Rights Law; Crime and Culture; Criminal Law and Political Theory; Global Criminology; Police and Young People, Crime and Justice; and Classic Sociological Theory).- Conducting weekly area study group on Criminology, Law, Sociology, and Philosophy.- Assisting with college social events, activities, and competitions.

Melbourne, Australia

- Chambers of the chief justice of Victoria the Hon Ann Ferguson in 2018 (including a secondment to the Hon Justice Lyons (Commercial)).- Chambers of Judicial Registrar Caporale (Trial Division & General) in 2019 (including a secondment to the Hon Associate Justice Ierodiaconou (Common Law and Employment)).

Melbourne, Australia

Assisted with administrative tasks, opened files, spoke with clients over the phone, and undertook research.

Melbourne, Australia

Researched for multiple law school academics on public, administrative, and government law. Co-authored articles entitled 'Comparing Commission, Inquests, and Inquiries' (2019) Monash University Law Review 45(3) and 'Safety and Risk Management for Administrators of Community Sporting Organisations' (La Trobe University and VicSport, 2017).

2/333 Queen Street, Melbourne

Researched, to a high standard, on a range of matters; namely: - Analysis of Corporations Act provisions regarding company's disclosure obligations after making changes to its constitution;- Employer's obligations in relation to paid parental leave for a pregnant, casual employee; - Sale of Land Act to report on GST implications following a mortgagee sale of land; and- Relevant statutes, case law, and commentaries to determine whether a river shifting location over time has implications on ownership of land boundaries.

Graduate Diploma In Legal Practice

Bachelor Of Laws (Graduate Entry), Grade Average: 75.14

Activities and Societies: Grand Finalist in La Trobe Criminal Law Moot (2013); Represented La Trobe at the Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Australian Studies And Politics, Grade Average: 70.04

Achieved High Distinctions in: Australia Now, Australia: Out of Empire, and Researching Australia: Issues, Agendas