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Industry/Professional Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Keely Boom is an Aboriginal woman and a lawyer who is an Industry/Professional Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. Keely works as Executive Officer of the Climate Justice Programme. Keely has completed a PhD in Law at the University of Wollongong on international climate change law. She is also in private practice as a solicitor in NSW, Australia.

Experience

  • 2008–present
    Teaching Academic, School of Law at the University of Wollongong
  • –present
    Industry/Professional Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
  • –present
    Executive Officer, Climate Justice Programme
  • 2022–present
    Teaching Academic, College of Law, Australian National Univeristy
  • –present
    Solicitor, Boom Lawyers

Education

  • 2013 
    University of Wollongong, Doctor of Philosophy (Law)
  • 2006 
    University of Wollongong, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce
  • 2006 
    University of Wollongong, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Research Areas

  • Wildlife And Habitat Management (050211)
  • Law And Legal Studies (18)
  • Law (1801)
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Law (180101)
  • Environmental And Natural Resources Law (180111)
  • International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) (180116)
  • Constitutional Law (180108)
  • Other Law And Legal Studies (1899)
  • Human Rights Law (180114)
  • History And Philosophy Of Law And Justice (220204)
  • Law And Society (180119)
  • Corporations And Associations Law (180109)
  • Tort Law (180126)