Jamie Fellows

Dr Jamie Fellows is Head of Law at the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University. He is also the Director of the JCU Tax Clinic, the Coordinator of the Work Integrated Learning Program for Law and the Honours Coordinator for Law.

Jamie's research interests and publications underscores his interest in a range of topics in law and ethics including youth justice, criminal sentencing and war crimes. Jamie's PhD topic investigated the US Army war crimes trials of the Japanese that were conducted in Manila after the Pacific War.

Nationally, Jamie is a member of the Council of Australian Law Deans and the Regional Law Assistance Forum in Queensland. He sits on a number of University committees such as the Curriculum Management Committee, Research Committee and the Teaching and Learning Committee.

Jamie is involved closely with the legal profession in North and Far North Queensland and regularly facilitates educational and career-oriented events for students. In 2022 Jamie was invited to join the Mabo decision 30th Anniversary Committee that hosted a series of events around this important constitutional milestone.

Since 2015 he has been involved with the St Vincent De Paul Volunteer Refugee Assistance Program in Townsville.

Prior to commencing at JCU, Jamie held several positions within the private and public sectors in Japan and Australia.