Law School

Ms Bridget Burton

Clinical Educator
TC Beirne School of Law
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Researcher biography

Bridget Burton is a Senior Lecturer - Clinical Educator in the University of Queensland Law School. This role, situated in the UQ Pro Bono Centre, supports the school's clinical legal education program, as well as the pro bono contributions of students and law school staff. The UQ Pro Bono Centre facilitates practical, educational and research projects with community partners, focusing on social justice and human rights.

Bridget has nearly 20 years experience as a lawyer in the legal assistance sector. For eight years she was Director of the Human Rights and Civil Law Practice at Caxton Legal Centre where she looked after a substantial team, and undertook anti-discrimination, human rights, and test case legal work. She has experience in law reform on human rights matters, including authoring dozens of submissions and appearing before parliamentary committees. In 2020/21 she co-led a large Australian NGO coalition through the shadow reporting process for the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review of Australia. She continues to engage in pro bono human rights legal work and is co-deputy chair of the Queensland Law Society's Human Rights and Public Law Policy Committee.

Publications

Journal Articles (8)
Generic Documents (2)

Journal Articles

Bedford, Narelle, Taylor, Monica, Hughes, Candice, Stevenson-Graf, Lindsey, Burton, Bridget, Iliffe, Danielle and Tanirau-Stanley, Natasha (2024). Developing Indigenous cultural safety in law: clinical legal education as a method for getting it done. Legal Education Review, 34 (1). doi: 10.53300/001c.117771
Varghese, Asha, Arthur, James and Burton, Bridget (2022). An Interview with Bridget Burton. Pandora's Box, 56-66.
Walsh, Tamara and Burton, Bridget (2021). The UQ/Caxton human rights case law database: what have we learnt in the first year?. Proctor.
Burton, Bridget (2020). Universal Periodic Review of Australia's Human Rights Record for 2020/21. Proctor.
Walsh, Tamara and Burton, Bridget (2020). Queensland's new right to education: what does it mean for children with disabilities?. Alternative Law Journal, 45 (1), 18-24. doi: 10.1177/1037969X19883967
Burton, Bridget (2019). An update: Sexual harassment in the legal profession. Proctor, 39 (7), 34-35.
Burton, Bridget (2019). Mental illness and stigma in legal practice. Proctor, 39 (3), 22-23.
Burton, Bridget (2018). Sexual harassment in law: What are “all reasonable steps” for prevention?. Proctor, 38 (10), 20-21.

Generic Documents

Burton, Bridget, Alexander, Matilda, May, Georgia, Phillips, Emma, Blaber, Helen, Mitchell , Bill, Hart, Renea, Richardson, Polly, Tracy, Simon (Sam) and Walsh, Tamara (2022). Ten Point Plan for a Fairer Queensland. Community Legal Centres Queensland.
Burton, Bridget (2018). The indignity of a right you cannot enforce: Queensland’s Human Rights Act is at risk of having more puff than fire. Asia and the Pacific Policy Society.