Larissa Behrendt

Larissa Behrendt (born 1 April 1969) is an Australian academic and writer of Aboriginal and European descent. She is currently a Professor of Law and Indigenous Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. Behrendt completed a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 1992. In the same year she was admitted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales to practise as a solicitor. Behrendt then travelled on a scholarship to the United States, where she completed a Master of Laws at Harvard Law School in 1994, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from the same institution in 1998. In 2000 she was admitted by the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory to practise as a...