| | Mr Rival Ahmad Rival Ahmad joined the Centre for Islamic Law and Society in 2009 as a Research Assistant. He is currently completing his LL.M in Melbourne Law School funded by Australian Development Scholarship (ADS). He completed his Bachelor of Law degree at Universitas Indonesia. Prior to his study in Melbourne, he joined as a researcher at Pusat Studi Hukum & Kebijakan Indonesia (PSHK) or Indonesian Centre for Law & Policy Studies, a law reform NGO in Jakarta. Since 2002, Rival has been a visiting lecturer on Anthropology of Law as well as Gender, Law and Development at the Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia. His research interests include law reform movement, legislation making, law in multicultural society and civil society regulation.
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 | Mr Alfitri Alfitri joined the Centre in 2006 as a research assistant to Professor Tim Lindsey. He completed his Bachelor's degree (1999) and his Masters in Islamic Law (2004) at the State Islamic University (UIN) Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He completed his LLM (funded by an Australian Development Scholarship) at the Law School, the University of Melbourne in December 2006, focussing on on Asian and international law. After completing his study in Melbourne, Alfitri returned to Indonesia to continue his job as a lecturer at Samarinda State Institute for Islamic Studies (STAIN Samarinda). He teaches Islamic Criminal Law and Islamic Civil Law with an international law perspective. He is also continuing work on Professor Tim Lindsey's ARC Discovery Project "Islamic Law in Contemporary Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei'.
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| | Mr Thomas Bray Tom joined the Centre for Islamic Law and Society in 2008 as a research assistant. He is currently studying Science at the University of Melbourne. Thomas is particularly interested in Biotechnology, and hopes to become fluent in Mandarin.
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| | Ms Faye Chan Faye Chan joined the Asian Law Centre in 2007 as a research assistant. She is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, with a B.A. (Hons) in Indonesian and Chinese Studies and a M.A. in History. Faye has spent the past 14 years in the Netherlands, where she freelanced as a proofreader of English manuscripts produced by European and Asian students/academics. Faye is currently undertaking a PhD for the University of Amsterdam, researching three generations of Peranakan Chinese women in Java and the Netherlands, spanning the entire 20th century. Her research interests include comparing gender & Islam issues between Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
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| | Ms Melissa Crouch Melissa joined the Centre for Islamic Law and Society in 2005 as a research assistant. She is also a Research Assistant for Professor Tim Lindsey's ARC Federation Fellowship. In 2006, Melissa completed Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degrees at the University of Melbourne. She has since completed her Articles of Clerkship at Lewis Holdway Lawyers. Melissa has been the Editorial Assistant for the Australian Journal of Asian Law since December 2008. Melissa's research interests include Indonesian law, the rights of minority groups, inter-religious relations and Islamic law. Melissa has had articles published in the Asian Journal of Comparative Law, the Australian Journal of Asian Law and the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
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| | Ms Rozanna Latiff Rozanna Latiff joined the Centre for Islamic Law and Society in 2007 as a research assistant for Professor Tim Lindsey's ARC Discovery Project "Islamic Law in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore". She is predominantly working on Islamic law and administration in Malaysia. Rozanna was born and raised in Malaysia and Singapore and is fluent in both English and Malay. She is currently in her fourth year of a Law/Arts (Media and Communications) degree at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include law in Malaysia, Islamic law and comparative media studies.
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| | Mr Nic Parsons Nic is currently completing a bachelors degree in Laws/Asian Studies
(Indonesia) at the Australian National University. Nic developed his passion for Indonesian constitutional law, public law, international criminal law and human rights while completing a year-long in-country studies program based at the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Jogjakarta. He speaks Bahasa Indonesia with near-native fluency and also studied traditional Sundanese drums at one of Indonesia's most highly regarded arts institutes, STSI-Bandung. His interests include politics, human rights and good governance.
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| | Ms Jacinth Pathmanathan
Jacinth joined the Centre for Islamic Law and Society in 2008 as a research assistant for Professor Tim Lindsey's ARC Discovery Project. Jacinth holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne. Born in Malaysia, Jacinth speaks fluent English and Malay. Her research interests include commercial law, comparative law and law reform.
Jacinth has recently accepted a position as a researcher at the Supreme Court of Victoria
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| Ms Trish Prentice Trish joined the Centre in 2009 as a research assistant to Professor Tim Lindsey. Prior to undertaking post-graduate studies, Trish spent time working in Australia and overseas in various fields, including secondary teaching, as a human rights officer in Geneva, Switzerland, and as a legal case officer for a federal government department. Trish has spent the last two years working in Cairo, Egypt, for an NGO focusing on inter-cultural dialogue and as an English editor for an Iraqi News Service. The experience exposed her to both the theoretical and practical aspects of Islamic law, which sparked her interest in this area. After returning to Melbourne Trish completed her LLM in 2009 at the Law School, University of Melbourne, focusing on human rights and Islamic law.
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