Dr. John Gillespie

Professor

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Biography

John Gillespie is a professor in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University. He has held positions as a visiting research professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong, as well as a visiting research fellow at the Research School of Asian and Pacific Studies at Australian National University and the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne University. He has consulted widely for international donors including the World Bank, UNDP, IFC, Danida, and AusAid, contributing to legal development projects in East Asia. Gillespie has worked with committees advising the Federal Attorney General on AusAid's legal cooperation development in East Asia. He serves as a director of the Asia-Pacific Business Regulation Group and has authored or edited eight books, in addition to publishing more than 60 articles and book chapters in prominent journals such as Law Society Review, Harvard Journal of Human Rights, and Stanford Journal of International Law. Currently, he is an editorial advisor for the Journal of Asian Law and Asia Pacific Law Review. His research and teaching interests encompass Asian comparative law, development theory, and regulatory theory. He is a leading investigator on multiple Australian Research Council Discovery projects, focusing on the implications of UN Sustainable Development Goals and legal transplantation in Vietnam.

Research Interests

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.