Madeleine Perrett

Madeleine Perrett is a Higher Degree by Research Candidate (PhD in Law) at the University of Adelaide's Adelaide Law School, within the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. She serves as a sessional teacher, teaching Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and other legal subjects, and holds roles as International Student Support Tutor (since 2024) and Higher Degree by Research Representative. She is a part-time lecturer, admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia (2022).

Her research focuses on federalism as a pathway to Indigenous structural reform and political empowerment, with interests in public law, constitutional law, and the impact of governance on marginalized groups. She has received scholarships including the Zelling-Gray Supplementary Scholarship (2024–2027) and the Baker Scholarship in Law (2025).

Notable awards include the Outstanding HDR Representative Award (2024) and the prestigious M.F. and P.J. Manetta Prize for her honours thesis on federalism during the pandemic. She holds a First Class Honours Bachelor of Laws (2021), serving as Valedictorian for her faculty.

Madeleine is actively involved in academic committees, including the John Bray Alumni Network and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (SA Chapter). She contributes to research units like the Public Law & Policy Research Unit and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Research Unit.

Her professional experience includes roles as Counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor (Canberra), Judicial Associate at the District Court of South Australia, and legal internships at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Piper Alderman (SA).