Tania LeimanDean of Law - Flinders University

She leads the implementation in 2020 of an exciting new law curriculum which includes as core components three Innovation topics (which include explicit training in innovation and enterprise), plus Law in a Digital Age (which includes building AI legal apps to increase access to justice) and Law in Action (which includes a law reform clinic working on legal implications of emerging technologies).

Tania has received multiple  individual and team university teaching excellence awards, an individual Australian government ALTC citation and a team Australian government AAUT citation in 2016.  Tania's current research interests include future mobility solutions, disruption in the legal profession, artificial intelligence and legal tech, and the future of legal education. She is a member of the National Transport Commission’s Automated Vehicles Industry Insight Group and the Australian Driverless Vehicle Initiative ADVI's Policy & Risk Group.

Tania holds a current unrestricted practising certificate.  She continues to undertake legal consultancy work, particularly in relation to legal implications of grey fleet & light fleet, and regulatory issues re hyperloop technologies. As Dean, Tania sits on the Legal Practitioners Education & Admission Council of SA, The Law Society of SA Council, the Law Society’s Legal Technology Committee and the Law Foundation of SA Incorporated Board.