Helen Grant

Helen Grant is a member of the charter faculty of Elon Law. Prior to this, Prof. Grant was a faculty member at Indiana University Law School - Indianapolis, and the University of Louisville (Ky.), where she was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law. A native of Australia, Grant was a member of the law faculty for 12 years at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, where she received numerous awards for excellence in teaching.

In legal practice, Grant was the presiding legal member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal in Brisbane, served as a legal officer in the Office of the Special Prosecutor in Brisbane, investigating cases of official corruption and prosecuting government officials, and held the position of Legal Adviser to the Queensland Parliamentary Legislation Committee.

Grant holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology as well as a PhD in Law from the University of Queensland. Prof. Grant has published in the areas of administrative law, tort law, health law and immigration law. The present focus of her scholarship is in the area of refugee and asylum law.