Dr Rebecca Bates, Professional qualifications (post nominals): BMediaLLB (Hons) (Macquarie University), LLM and PHD (University of Sydney). Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Lecturer in Environmental Law
Email: r.bates@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Mile End
Profile
Dr Rebecca Bates joined Queen Mary in January 2014 as a Lecturer in Environmental Law. Prior to arriving at Queen Mary, she held lectureships at the University of Sydney and Brunel University teaching in the areas of Environmental Law, Tort, Equity and Trusts and Public Law. Dr Bates completed her doctorate at the University of Sydney which examined the governance of privatised water markets in the domestic and international context. Dr Bates’ research is focused on the area of International Environmental Law with a particular interest in International Water Law and Governance. She regularly comments and contributes to international publications and conferences in these areas.
Dr Bates convenes International Environmental Law on the School’s undergraduate programme and International Natural Resources Law and Water Law on the postgraduate programme. She is the academic lead for the Public International Law LLM and Chair of the School’s Climate Action Group.
Outside academia, Dr Bates is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and has previously worked at a leading Australian law firm in the area of Product Liability.