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Professor Teela Reid is a Wiradjuri and Wailwan academic serving as Professor of Practice (Law) at the University of Sydney Law School. She co-founded @blackfulla_bookclub and specializes in Aboriginal land rights, Native Title, and cultural heritage law, examining intersections between Western legal systems and Indigenous legal traditions.
Professional Background: Former Tipstaff to Chief Justice Lucy McCallum (ACT Supreme Court), practicing solicitor in Aboriginal land rights and Stolen Generations advocacy. Contributor to Griffith Review's 'Acts of Reckoning' edition and regular commentator in Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, and Washington Post.
Research Focus: Professor Reid's scholarship centers on First Nations sovereignty, treaty processes, constitutional recognition through the Uluru Statement, Walama Court reform proposals, and decolonizing legal frameworks. Her work critically examines reckoning versus reconciliation paradigms.
Leadership: Elected Executive roles include serving as Working Group Leader for s 51(xxvi) during Uluru Dialogues. Current board memberships: Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation, advisory council of the Australian Centre for International Justice.
Awards:
- 2022 Indigenous Leader (Australian Law Awards)
- 2021 Future Shaper in Civics
- 2020 UNSW Young Achiever Award
- Global Emerging Leader (Harvard Kennedy School)
