Dr. Daniel Ghezelbash

Biography

Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash is passionate about using technology to enable lawyers to perform their jobs faster and to counter systemic discrimination and bias within the legal system. His research transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, integrating aspects of law, computing, political science, behavioral psychology, and data science. He leads the Law AI stream at the Macquarie AI-enabled Processes Research Centre and has been involved in several initiatives aimed at increasing access to justice, including the Wallumatta Legal not-for-profit law firm, which utilizes technology to provide low-cost legal advice to family law litigants who would otherwise be unrepresented. Ghezelbash is also the principal investigator on an ARC DECRA project examining fast-track asylum policies and their implications for fair and efficient procedural designs. As an internationally recognized scholar in comparative refugee and immigration law, he has published extensively on how restrictive asylum policies are disseminated globally, including his book, 'Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World' (Cambridge University Press, 2018). His expertise also includes practical application as he is the founder and director of the award-winning Macquarie University Social Justice Clinic, and serves as Special Counsel at the National Justice Project, while sitting on boards of multiple not-for-profit legal centers. Ghezelbash has also been featured in various media outlets discussing refugee, migration, access to justice, and legal technology issues.

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