Irene Nikoloudakis

Irene Nikoloudakis

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics


Irene Nikoloudakis is a PhD Candidate at the Adelaide Law School. Her PhD focuses on laws that criminalise wage theft. 

Irene has written one of the most comprehensive scholarly articles on the criminalisation of wage theft in Australia. More broadly, her previous academic publications have centred on exploring and improving the rights of vulnerable workers, particularly temporary migrant workers and those engaged in unpaid work. Irene has published in some of Australia's most prestigious law journals, including the UNSW Law Journal, Federal Law Review and Griffith Law Review, and in 2021 she contributed a chapter in an edited book published by the International Labour Organization (an agency of the United Nations). She has co-authored research reports on vulnerable work for the International Labour Organization, the Consulate-General of South Korea and one of Australia’s largest trade unions. Her work was recently cited in the Oxford Handbook of the Law of Work. 

Irene also practises as a government solicitor in the areas of public and employment law, with previous experience as a solicitor in employment law in the private sector. She has appeared unled in the Supreme Court of South Australia, as junior counsel (led by the Solicitor-General for SA) in the Court of Appeal and as an instructing solicitor in the High Court of Australia on employment and industrial law matters.

Irene concurrently completed degrees in Law (with First Class Honours), Commerce and Psychological Science from the University of Adelaide, and received numerous academic awards including for being the most meritorious student in the Law of Work.

 

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2020 - ongoing Solicitor Crown Solicitor's Office (SA)
    2018 - 2020 Judge's Associate Supreme Court of South Australia
    2018 - 2018 Lawyer Piper Alderman
    2016 - 2023 Research Assistant Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
  • Awards and Achievements

    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2016 Scholarship Adelaide Summer Research Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2016 Award The HWL Ebsworth Prize for Excellence in Intellectual Property Law Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2016 Award The Norman Waterhouse Prize for Law of Work Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2015 Award The Adelaide Law Review Association Prize for the Senior Student Editors Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2015 Scholarship Adelaide Summer Research Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2013 Award Principles of Macroeconomics I Excellence Award Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2011 Award Dean's Certificate - Foundations of Law Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Australia -
    2011 Award LexisNexis Prize for Academic Excellence Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide Australia -
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Commerce (accounting)
    University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Laws (with First Class Honours)
    University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science
  • Postgraduate Training

    Date Title Institution Country
    Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Law Society of South Australia Australia
  • Research Interests


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