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Philip Chung

Philip Chung is Associate Professor of Law at UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales). He is Executive Director of the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) and associated projects (including AsianLII, CommonLII and WorldLII). Philip manages the staff and resources of AustLII and jointly oversees the technical development of AustLII’s projects and system administration. He holds degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Sydney, with honours in Computer Science and Operations Research as well as a PhD in Law from UNSW. His research interests include legal research skills, intelligent legal information systems, and computerisation of law.

  •    tel: +61 2 9514 4920
  •    philip@austlii.edu.au

Current Appointments

  • Present 1999

    Executive Director

    Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)

  • Present 2017

    Associate Professor

    UNSW Australia, Faculty of Law

  • 2016 2012

    Senior Lecturer

    UNSW Australia, Faculty of Law

  • Present 2009

    Managing Director

    AustLII Foundation Limited

Formal Qualifications

  • PhD 2014

    PhD in Law

    UNSW Australia, Faculty of Law

  • GradDipLegalPrac2002

    Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

    University of Technology, Sydney (UTS)

  • BEc (Hons)1995

    Bachelor of Economics (Honours I in Operations Research; Honours I in Computer Science)

    University of Sydney

  • LLB1994

    Bachelor of Laws

    University of Sydney

Awards and Commendations

  • 2012
    Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards
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    Joint recipient (with Co-Directors A Mowbray and G Greenleaf). AustLII’s international free - access law citator, LawCite has received the Highly Commended award for Innovation in the 2012 Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIAs).
  • 2009
    Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards
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    Joint recipient (with Co-Directors G Greenleaf and A Mowbray). .auDA and InternetNZ awarded the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) the best openness initiative which recognises AustLII’s online legal public library services that enable Internet users to benefit from increased access to online materials, knowledge and information.
  • 2008
    International Association of Law Librarians (IALL) Website Award
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    Joint recipient (with Co-Directors G Greenleaf and A Mowbray). Awarded for the World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) website.
  • 2007
    UTS Human Rights Awards
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    To recognise an outstanding contribution to the advancement of social justice / human rights at the local, national or international levels

    Commendation - "For his work with the Diplomacy Training Program making accessible free legal information for human rights defenders in the Asia Pacific region"