Speaker
Natalie KLEIN

Biography

Dr. Natalie KLEIN is Associate Dean (Academic) and a Professor at University of New South Wales Sydney’s Faculty of Law & Justice, Australia.
Professor KLEIN was previously Dean of Macquarie Law School (2011-2017), as well as Acting Head of the Department for Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism at Macquarie University (2013-2014). Prior to joining Macquarie, Professor KLEIN worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, for the Government of Eritrea (1998-2002) and in the Office of Legal Affairs at the United Nations. Professor KLEIN teaches and researches in different areas of international law, with a focus on law of the sea and international dispute settlement. She has recently published 『Submarines in International Law』 (Cambridge University Press, with Kate Purcell and Jack McNally).
Australia has nominated Professor KLEIN as a conciliator under Annex V and arbitrator under Annex VII of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Her Masters and Doctorate in law were earned at Yale Law School and she is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law as well as the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia.