James Popple

Current

• First Assistant Secretary at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University

Past

• Assistant Secretary at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Executive Adviser at Australian Attorney-General's Department
• Various legal/policy development positions at Australian Attorney-General's Department

• Staff Tutor at Burgmann College, Australian National University
• Deputy Registrar at High Court of Australia
• Judge's Associate at High Court of Australia
• Associate Lecturer at The Australian National University

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Education

• The Australian National University
• The Australian National University
• The Australian National University

• The Australian National University
• Phillip College (now the Woden campus of the Canberra College)
• Melrose High School, Canberra
• Torrens Primary School

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Connections

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Industry

Government Administration

Websites

• Photographs at Flickr

James Popple’s Experience

• First Assistant Secretary

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

• Visiting Fellow

  The Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  February 1995 — Present (14 years 11 months)

  Non-stipendiary research fellowship; occasional research in computer science and law

• Assistant Secretary

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  June 2003 — June 2004 (1 year 1 month)

• Executive Adviser

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  September 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 10 months)

• Various legal/policy development positions

  Australian Attorney-General's Department

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  March 1998 — September 2001 (3 years 7 months)

• Staff Tutor

  Burgmann College, Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 1997 — February 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Deputy Registrar

  High Court of Australia

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  February 1996 — February 1998 (2 years 1 month)

• Judge's Associate

  High Court of Australia

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  February 1995 — February 1996 (1 year 1 month)

  Associate to Justice Gaudron

• Associate Lecturer

  The Australian National University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 1993 — February 1994 (1 year 1 month)

  Department of Computer Science; course co-ordinator and tutor for units in discrete mathematics and information systems

James Popple’s Education

• The Australian National University

  Doctor of Philosophy , Computer science and law , 1989 — 1993

  Thesis: "SHYSTER: A Pragmatic Legal Expert System"

• The Australian National University

  Bachelor of Laws , 1984 — 1988

• The Australian National University

  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) , English, history, mathematics, computer science , 1983 — 1987

  Thesis: "Incremental Compilation and its Implementation in the PECAN Programming Environment Generator"

• The Australian National University

  Electronic music (part time) 1980 — 1983

  Canberra School of Music

• Phillip College (now the Woden campus of the Canberra College)

  1981 — 1982

• Melrose High School, Canberra

  1977 — 1980

• Torrens Primary School

  1970 — 1976

Additional Information

James Popple’s Websites:

• Photographs at Flickr

James Popple’s Interests:

football (soccer), reading, photography

James Popple’s Groups:

Burgmann College (Councillor since 1985), Australian National University Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (honorary life member), National Gallery of Australia Association, Amnesty International Australia, High Court of Australia (barrister), Supreme Court of New South Wales (barrister), Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (barrister and solicitor), Supreme Court of Victoria (barrister and solicitor), Journal of Law Information and Science (member editorial board)

•    Australian National University - ANU
•    International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law

James Popple’s Contact Settings

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