James Popple

Current

• First Assistant Secretary at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University

Past

• Assistant Secretary at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Executive Adviser at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Various legal/policy development positions at Australian Attorney-General's Department

• Staff Tutor at Burgmann College, Australian National University
• Deputy Registrar at High Court of Australia
• Judge's Associate at High Court of Australia
• Associate Lecturer at The Australian National University

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Education

• The Australian National University
• The Australian National University
• The Australian National University

• The Australian National University
• Phillip College (now the Woden campus of the Canberra College)
• Melrose High School, Canberra
• Torrens

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Connections

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Industry

Government Administration

Websites

• Home page
• Curriculum vitae
• Photographs (Flickr)

James Popple’s Experience

• First Assistant Secretary

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

• Visiting Fellow

  The Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  February 1995 — Present (14 years 6 months)

  Non-stipendiary research fellowship; occasional research in computer science and law

• Assistant Secretary

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  June 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 1 month)

• Executive Adviser

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  September 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 10 months)

• Various legal/policy development positions

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  March 1998 — September 2001 (3 years 7 months)

• Staff Tutor

  Burgmann College, Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 1997 — February 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Deputy Registrar

  High Court of Australia

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  February 1996 — February 1998 (2 years 1 month)

• Judge's Associate

  High Court of Australia

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  February 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 1 month)

  Associate to Justice Gaudron

• Associate Lecturer

  The Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 1993 — February 1994 (1 year 1 month)

  Department of Computer Science; course co-ordinator and tutor for units in discrete mathematics and information systems

James Popple’s Education

• The Australian National University

  Doctor of Philosophy , Computer science and law , 1989 — 1993

  Thesis: "SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System"

• The Australian National University

  Bachelor of Laws , 1984 — 1988

• The Australian National University

  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) , English, history, mathematics, computer science , 1983 — 1987

  Thesis: "Incremental Compilation and its Implementation in the PECAN Programming Environment Generator"

• The Australian National University

  Electronic music (part time) 1980 — 1983

  Canberra School of Music

• Phillip College (now the Woden campus of the Canberra College)

  1981 — 1982

• Melrose High School, Canberra

  1977 — 1980

• Torrens

  1970 — 1976

Additional Information

James Popple’s Websites:

• Home page
• Curriculum vitae
• Photographs (Flickr)

James Popple’s Interests:

football (soccer), reading, photography

James Popple’s Groups:

Burgmann College (Councillor since 1985); Australian National University Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (honorary life member); National Gallery of Australia Association; Amnesty International Australia; High Court of Australia (barrister); Supreme Court of New South Wales (barrister); Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (barrister and solicitor); Supreme Court of Victoria (barrister and solicitor); Journal of Law, Information and Science (member editorial board)

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