Bryan Horrigan

Professor Bryan Horrigan is an Australian legal academic. His expertise is in commercial law, corporate social responsibility and government contracts. Professor Horrigan currently holds the Louis Waller Chair of Law and is the Associate Dean (Research) at Monash University. He also works as a consultant to law firms and governments. On 8 October 2012, it was announced Professor Horrigan would succeed Professor Arie Freiberg as Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University in January, 2013.

Education

Bryan Horrigan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace (Brisbane) and the University of Queensland (BA, LLB), where he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. He was subsequently awarded a D. Phil. in Law from University College, Oxford.

Professional career

Horrigan worked with law firm Allens Arthur Robinson (AAR), first as a senior associate from 1991 to 1994, then as a consultant since 1995. In 1995, he also became an associate professor at Queensland University of Technology. In July 2000, he became a professor in the School of Law at the University of Canberra, as well as the director of the National Centre for Corporate Law and Policy Research and deputy director of the National Institute for Governance, until 2005.