Lisa Ward

Lisa Ward is a Lecturer in Business Law at the University of New England's School of Law. With a background spanning legal practice, media production, and academic scholarship, she teaches courses on business law principles and media regulation.

Research interests focus on intersections between:

• Freedom of speech jurisprudence
• Social media defamation frameworks
• Business law applications
• Journalism ethics

Recent scholarly outputs include co-authored textbooks on Australian business law and handbook chapters addressing defamation in digital contexts. Ward produces and hosts 'Law in the Bush', the law school's research dissemination podcast series.

Awards recognize teaching excellence (2011-2018 commendations). Ward supervises experiential learning projects focused on legal applications in business contexts.