Vice Chancellor

Professor Celia Hammond BJuris (Hons), LLM

Professor Hammond holds the position of Vice Chancellor at Notre Dame with direct responsibility for managing and overseeing the University’s student population on the Broome, Fremantle and Sydney campuses. 

Professor Hammond is a legal practitioner with experience in private practice in Western Australia.  She has held senior leadership, management and teaching positions at Notre Dame, where she has been a staff member for over ten years.  She was Head of the University’s School of Law, and served as the University’s General Counsel, Executive Director of the Vice Chancellery, and Assistant Provost. 

She has wide experience teaching in commercial law and has published in the areas of corporate, property, and insolvency law.  She also has experience in industrial relations.