Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers

Theresa Baw is a barrister who was admitted to legal practice in 2001 and was called to the New South Wales Bar in 2006. Theresa’s practices mainly in administrative law, with extensive expertise specialising in migration law. She has appeared before the High Court in migration law matters, including unled in a special leave application. Theresa has a wide-range of experience in all levels of migration and citizenship matters, from appearing in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to appearing before the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. She also teaches constitutional law and administrative law at Macquarie University. Theresa is also admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Nauru and has successfully appeared in that jurisdiction in refugee law cases. She also regularly presents at legal seminars. Prior to being called to the Bar, Theresa practiced as a solicitor including at top-tier law firm Minter Ellison. She has authored numerous articles including in Key Issues in Judicial Review (Federation Press). She holds a Master of Commerce from Macquarie University, and a Bachelor of Laws (first class honours) and a Bachelor of Economics, from the University of Sydney.