Heather Douglas

Heather Douglas is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Griffith University, and at T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Since 2001, Heather has been a part-time Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission. She is also a member of the Research Advisory Board, Queensland Centre for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence. She is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory and Victoria and as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. In 2004, Heather was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University.

Heather's current research interests include legal history and criminal law, especially issues of proof in criminal trials concerning indigenous people and domestic violence. Her work has been published in Canada, Europe, and Australia.