Olga Pandos

Ms Olga Pandos

Lecturer

Adelaide Law School

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

A Lecturer in Law and PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide in Technology Law, Medical Law and Bioethics, with a particular interest in the intersection of law and science, policy and reform. In 2020, I was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Using my majors in Biochemistry and Genetics, I explore legal and bioethical issues concerning biotechnology, genetics and therapeutic clinical interventions.

Since 2019, I have been working as a researcher at the South Australian Law Reform Institute.

I am the lead author of the statutory independent review of the Mental Health Act 2009 (SA) and a co-author on the statutory review of the Ageing and Adult Safeguarding Act 1995 (SA).

My research interests also include decision-making capacity, bioethics, law reform and access to justice for vulnerable populations, such as persons with a disability, persons with a cognitive impairment, culturally and linguistically diverse individuals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

  • Mentoring
    Date Topic Location Name
    2023 - ongoing Support during studies The University of Adelaide Indigenous Law Students

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Member Students-Staff Liaison Committee, Adelaide Law School The University of Adelaide Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Aboriginal Law Student Mentoring Program Committee Aboriginal Law Student Mentoring Program Australia
    2023 - ongoing Member Law Society SA Technology Law Committee Law Society SA Australia

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2021 - ongoing Member Women Lawyers Association of South Australia Australia
    2021 - ongoing Member Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association Australia
    2021 - ongoing Member Cairns Society SA Australia
    2020 - ongoing Member Law Society of South Australia Australia
    2020 - ongoing Member Golden Key International Honor Society Australia
    2015 - ongoing Member Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Australia
    2015 - ongoing Co-Founder Adelaide University Asylum Seekers Association Australia
    2015 - 2018 Member Refugee Advocacy Service of South Australia Australia
    2015 - 2017 Secretary University Senior College Old Scholar’s Association Australia
    2014 - ongoing Member Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Australia

  • Event Participation
    Date Event Name Event Type Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Invited Visiting Researcher Seminars Queen’s University Belfast, School of Law -
    2024 - ongoing Ethics of Future Technologies Workshop Workshop University of South Australia, Australian Centre for Precision Health -
    2023 - ongoing Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing Conference Francis Crick Institute -
    2022 - ongoing University of Adelaide Open Day - Adelaide Law School Panel Networking event The University of Adelaide -
    2022 - ongoing Adelaide Medical School - Medico-Legal Panel Plenary or general session The University of Adelaide -
    2022 - ongoing Participation, Vulnerability and the Legal Process – International Perspectives Conference Nottingham Trent University Law School -
    2022 - ongoing Looking Ahead to the Third Genome Editing Summit Conference The Royal Society -
    2021 - ongoing Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Annual Congress Congress Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law -
    2021 - ongoing Capacity, Competence & Caution Conference Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law -
    2017 - ongoing Inaugural Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Conference Conference Australian Lawyers for Human Rights -
    2017 - ongoing Australian Society for Medical Research Conference Conference Australian Society for Medical Research -
    2017 - ongoing International Astronautical Congress Congress International Astronautical Congress -
    2017 - ongoing Bionomics 5th Annual Symposium Symposium Bionomics -

  • Presentation
    Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing A Protectionist versus Interventionist Approach to Adult Safeguarding – Decision-making Capacity and Consent: Lessons for Northern Ireland Queen’s University Belfast, School of Law Queen’s University Belfast & The Law Society of Northern Ireland -
    2024 - ongoing The Ethical and Regulatory Implications of Emerging Biotechnologies: Perspectives from Australia Queen’s University Belfast, School of Law Queen’s University Belfast -
    2023 - ongoing The Mental Health Act Review – a discussion of the South Australian Law Reform Institute’s statutory review of the Mental Health Act 2009 (SA), with a particular focus on the role of the law in addressing concepts that fall within the legal and medical interface. The Law Society SA The Law Society SA -
    2023 - ongoing South Australian Law Reform Institute Mental Health Act Review The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists -
    2023 - ongoing South Australian Law Reform Institute Mental Health Act Review South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability -
    2023 - ongoing South Australian Law Reform Institute Mental Health Act Review and Adult Safeguarding Review Our Voice SA Our Voice SA -
    2022 - ongoing The South Australian Law Reform Institute: No one owes a law reform agency a free lunch Nottingham Trent University Law School Nottingham Trent University Law School -
    2022 - ongoing Current Work and Common Themes in Law Reform Law Commission UK Law Commission UK -
    2022 - ongoing The South Australian Law Reform Institute: Review of the Ageing and Adult Safeguarding Act 1995 (SA) – Capacity, Consent and Coercion STEP South Australia STEP South Australia -
    2021 - ongoing Witness Competence and Capacity: Irreconcilable Differences? The Current Topical References of the South Australian Law Reform Institute Capacity, Competence & Caution Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law Australia
  • Position: Lecturer
  • Phone: 83133139
  • Email: olga.pandos@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ligertwood, floor Second Floor
  • Room: 209
  • Org Unit: Adelaide Law School
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