- B.Juris,LLB (Monash)
- LLM (Melb)
Murray Kellam graduated from Monash University in 1973 and practised as a Solicitor In Melbourne until 1977 when he signed the roll of the Victorian Bar. He was appointed Queens Counsel in 1991. As a barrister he specialised in the areas of personal injury, insurance, medical negligence and product liability litigation. He was appointed a judge of the County Court in 1993 and a justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1998. He was subsequently appointed as the inaugural President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal which position he held from 1998 until 2003. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2007 and resigned in 2009. He was appointed Adjunct Professor in July 2009.
Apart from his judicial activities Murray has long had an interest in legal and judicial education particularly in developing countries. He has lead teaching teams in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Palau, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. He was President of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration from 2000 to 2002. In addition he was Chair of the Adult Parole Board of Victoria from 2003 to 2007 and has chaired the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC) since 2003. He has been a strong supporter of ADR within the court and tribunal system and led the development of a broad-ranging and innovative ADR program within VCAT. He has undertaken mediation training at Harvard University and has been involved in the delivery of mediation training to the judiciary in Papua-New Guinea and a number of Pacific Island Countries.
Murray was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005 for "service to the law through a range of judicial and legal training roles in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and to the community, particularly through support for the activities of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Thailand and for disadvantaged people in Melbourne."
Murray is interested in work and research involving business ethics, the international obligations of Australian business to comply with anti-corruption requirements and corporate social responsibility.
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