Brendan Clift

Brendan Clift is a Lecturer at Melbourne Law School. He holds a PhD from MLS, master’s degrees in law and journalism from the University of Hong Kong and an arts/law double degree from Macquarie University. He is admitted to legal practice in New South Wales and worked around the Asia-Pacific region in law, legal publishing and the media prior to joining academia.

Brendan’s research focuses on media law, especially defamation and copyright, and Hong Kong law, with particular interest in the intersection of authoritarian politics and the rule of law. He also publishes and teaches in other areas, including intellectual property, torts and criminal law, in Australia and Hong Kong. He is a General Editor of the peer-reviewed Media and Arts Law Review, a frequent contributor to major works including Halsbury’s Laws, and a recent co-author of Australian Media Law (6th Edition).