Augusto Zimmermann

AUGUSTO ZIMMERMANN

Professor Augusto Zimmermann PhD (Mon.), LLM cum laude, LLB (Hon.), CIArb, DipEd  

-        Foundation Dean and Professor of Law, Alphacrucis University College

-        Academic Mentor, Academia Libera Mentis

-        President, Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA)

-        Editor-in-Chief, The Western Australian Jurist law journal

-        Fellow, International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF)

-        Commissioner, Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2012-2017)

-        Associate Dean (Research), Murdoch University School of Law (2010-2013)

-        Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Murdoch University (2012)

Augusto Zimmermann is Foundation Dean and Professor of Law at Alphacrucis University College. He is a former Law Reform Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia (2012-2017), and the former Chair of the Research Committee, and co-Chair of the Academic Council at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, Perth. Professor Zimmermann is an academic mentor at Academia Libera Mentis, in Belgium, a former Associate Dean (Research) and Postgraduate Research Director at Murdoch University’s School of Law, and the Founder and President of the Western Australian Legal Theory Association (WALTA). He is a former Vice-President of the Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy (ASLP), an Elected Fellow at the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF), and Editor-in-Chief of the Western Australian Jurist law journal. A prolific writer and the author of numerous articles and academic books, Professor Zimmermann was awarded the 2012 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, and two School Dean’s Research Awards at Murdoch University, in 2010 and 2011. He has been included, together with only twelve other Australian academics and policy experts, in ‘Policy Experts’ – the Heritage Foundation’s directory for locating knowledgeable authorities and leading policy institutes actively involved in a broad range of public policy issues, both in the United States and worldwide.