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Education

•    PhD in Law, University of Cambridge (ongoing)
•    LLM in International Law (with Commendation) Australian National University
•    Grad Dip in Legal Practice, Australian National University
•    LLB (Honours Class I), University of Queensland
•    BA (Political Science), University of Queensland

 

 

 

Professional Qualifications

•     Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia

Scholarships and Awards

•    Hollond-Whittaker Research Studentship in Law, Trinity College
•    Yuill Scholar, Australian National University
•    Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Queensland
•    Pro Bono Publico Award, University of Queensland 

Selected Employment

•    Senior Legal Officer and Assistant Director, Australian Office of International Law (2020 - ) 
•    Judicial Fellow, International Court of Justice (2022 - 2023)
•    Lawyer (litigation and arbitration), Corrs Chambers Westgarth (2020)
•    Judge's Associate, Federal Court of Australia (2019)
•    Intern, International Criminal Court (2017)
•    Research Assistant, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland (2016 - 2017)
•    Research Assistant, various members of TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland (2013 - 2017)

Academic and Teaching Experience

•    Managing Editor and Conference Convenor, Cambridge Journal of International Law (2024 - )
•    Sessional Academic, Australian National University - undergraduate (public international law,  conflict of laws) and LLM (international dispute settlement, Australian Government and international law) (2023 - )
•    Sessional Academic, University of Adelaide: lecturing into LLM course on general public international law and state responsibility (2024)
•    Coach, University of Queensland Jessup Moot Team (2018 world championship team and 2020 Australian grand finalists)
•    Assistant Editor (Australia and New Zealand), Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2019 - 2020)

Fields of Research 

Public International Law, State responsibility, international dispute settlement 

Publications 

Keilin Anderson and Douglas Guilfoyle, 'Maritime Security' in Danielle Ireland-Piper (Ed), National Security Law in Australia (Federation Press, 2024).

Keilin Anderson and Adaena Sinclair-Blakemore, 'Ne Bis in idem, nulla poena sine lege and Domestic Prosecutions of International Crimes in the Aftermath of a Trial at the International Court of Justice' 21 (2021) International Criminal Law Review 1, 35.