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Professor of Law

LLB (Sydney)
LLM(Hons) (British Columbia)
Dip Jur (Sydney)

John Wade's professional expertise and interest lies in the areas of mediation, negotiation, family law and legal education. He was the founding joint editor of the Legal Education Review, and is an editor of Australian De facto Relationship Reporter (loose leaf) and Australian Family Law and Practice (loose leaf). He is also a practising mediator.

John has worked as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney; Faculty of Law Osgoode Hall (Toronto); University of Manitoba (Winnipeg) and University of Calgary(Alberta).
He was a consultant to the Australian Law Reform Commission 1983-1987, was Acting Dean of the Bond Law School from 1991 to 1993, is a former member of the Family Law Council of Australia and works as a consultant to the Brisbane legal firm of Hopgood Ganim.
He has an ogoing role as visiting professor, including Pepperdine University, Los Angeles (1994-2005), Vermont Law School (2000-2001), Cardozo, New York (2003) and SMU, Texas (2000-5).

He has authored over 100 articles and books, taught over 170 mediation and negotiation courses around the world, and received awards for best law teacher at Sydney University (1989); Bond University (1990); and in Australia (1998).