Dr Leah Williams

Lecturer

BA(Crim)(Hons 1)/LLB(Hons 1) (UNSW)

Law & Justice

School of Law, Society & Criminology

Leah is an Education-Focused Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Law. She teaches and convenes core criminal law courses in the Law and Criminology Programs. Leah’s research focus is media construction of criminal trials and what this reveals about power and gender dynamics and the court-media relationship. Her other interests relate to criminalisation and legal education.

E-mail

leah.williams@unsw.edu.au

Location

Room 354, Law and Justice Building

Journal articles | 2015

Findlay L, 2015, 'Courting Social Media in Australia's Criminal Courtrooms: The Continuing Tension between Promoting Open Justice and Protecting Procedural Integrity', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 27, pp. 237 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2015.12036043
Reports | 2019

Stubbs J; Findlay L; McNamara L; Steel A, 2019, Submission to the NSW Sentencing Council’s review of sentencing for the offences of murder and manslaughter, including penalties imposed for domestic and family violence homicides and the standard non-parole periods for murder, http://www.cclj.unsw.edu.au/sites/cclj.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission%20to%20Sentencing%20Council%20from%20UNSW%20CCLJ%20researchers%20pdf.pdf

My Teaching

Crime and the Criminal Process (LAWS1021)

Criminal Law and Justice 1 (CRIM2020)

Criminal Law and Justice 2 (CRIM2021)

The Criminal Trial (CRIM3020)

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