Ian Freckelton is a Queen’s Counsel in full-time practice as a barrister throughout Australia. He is a Professor of Law and Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne where he is the co-director of the postgraduate Health Law Program, and an Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. He is a judge of the Supreme Court of Nauru and a member of Victoria’s Coronial Council and Mental Health Tribunal, and was the Commissioner in charge of the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s reference on Medicinal Cannabis. He is the Editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. He is the author of more than 40 books and over 600 peer reviewed articles and chapters of books.
