Aidan Ricciardo

Aidan Ricciardo is a nationally-awarded law teacher and legal researcher whose academic expertise covers health and medical law, evidence law,  learning and teaching in law, and diversity in law. Aidan is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School, where he teaches into the postgraduate Juris Doctor degree and the undergraduate Law & Society course.

Aidan's teaching excellence has been acknowledged with a range of awards and commendations, including two national awards:

• Australian Awards for University Teaching – Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning Citation for 'making legal studies accessible and inclusive, instilling self-confidence and supporting law students to be the best learners and graduates they can be'; and
• The Australian Legal Education Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Aidan is also the Director of the Law & Society major and a member of the Law School's Learning and Teaching Committee.

Aidan coordinates and lectures into LAWS5107 Evidence in the Juris Doctor degree. Aidan also coordinates and lectures into two units in the Law & Society major: LAWS2220 Birth, Life & Death: Health & Medical Law and LAWS1112 Law for Everyday Lives.

Aidan maintains a blog about Evidence Law in Western Australia, which can be accessed at: www.WAevidence.com

Aidan has specific expertise in relation to children and young people and their bodily autonomy, especially in the context of health and medical law.

Aidan's research also relates more generally to health and medical law, evidence law,  learning and teaching in law, and diversity in law.