Kim Rubenstein

Kim Rubenstein
Kim Rubenstein
Kim Rubenstein, 2021
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Melbourne
OccupationAcademic director
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Kim for Canberra
Academic background
EducationMount Scopus College
Presbyterian Ladies' College
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (BA/LLB)
Harvard University (LLM)
Academic work
DisciplineLegal scholar
Sub-disciplineCitizenship law
InstitutionsUniversity of Canberra
Australian National University
Main interestscitizenship, gender, oral history
Notable worksAustralian Citizenship Law (2nd ed.) (2017)

Kim Rubenstein FAAL FASSA (/ˈruːbənstiːn/ ROO-bən-steen;[1] born 1965)[2] is an Australian legal scholar, lawyer and political candidate. She is a professor at the University of Canberra.

She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law[3] and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.[4] Rubenstein won the 2013 Edna Ryan award for Leadership for "leading feminist changes in the public sphere"[5] and is a gender equity advocate. In 2020 she became the inaugural Co-Director, Academic of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation at the University of Canberra and a Professor in the University's Faculty of Business, Government and Law.[6][7]

Rubenstein is one of Australia’s leading experts on citizenship, having written the major text, Australian Citizenship Law, acting as a consultant to government including being appointed a member of the Independent Committee that reviewed the Australian citizenship test in 2008 and appearing as legal counsel in citizenship matters before the Administrative Review Tribunal, Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia.[6][8][9] She comments on citizenship and gender matters in print, radio and TV media.[10]

At the 2022 Australian federal election, she was an independent candidate in the Australian Capital Territory for the Australian Senate,[11] but was not elected.[12]

Early life and education

Rubenstein was born in Melbourne in 1965, the older of daughters of Leigh and Susan Rubenstein. She attended Mount Scopus College and Presbyterian Ladies' College, becoming school captain of the latter. She was involved in Netzer Olami as a teenager and spent a year in Israel after graduating high school, attending a youth leadership course in Jerusalem and living on kibbutzim.[2]

Rubenstein studied arts and law at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1989. She was president of the Melbourne University Jewish Students' Society and joint editor of the Melbourne University Law Review, also representing the university in national mooting competitions. She subsequently worked as a solicitor at Corrs from 1989 to 1991.[2] In 1991–1992 Rubenstein undertook an LLM at Harvard University with the support of the Sir Robert Menzies Scholarship,[13] a Fulbright award,[14] and a Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Trust award.[2]

Career

Rubenstein spent 13 years (1993–2006) teaching at the University of Melbourne[15] in constitutional and administrative law, migration law and citizenship law, promoted to Associate Professor in 2005, before moving to the Australian National University to take up a professorship in 2006. During her tenure at the Australian National University Rubenstein taught citizenship law and administrative law, and from 2006-2015 was Director of the Centre for International and Public Law in the ANU College of Law.[16] In 2011 she was appointed the inaugural Convenor of the ANU Gender Institute, a role she held for two years in addition to her Directorship of the Centre for International and Public Law.[17] In 2012 she was appointed an ANU Public Policy Fellow.[18] Rubenstein became an Honorary Professor at the Australian National University in 2020 after her move to the University of Canberra to take up the position of Co-Director, Academic of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation.[6]

International appointments

  • Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv Law School in 2017 and 2018 teaching comparative citizenship law course.[19]
  • Lady Davis Visiting Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, October 2018 to January 2019.[20]

Political career

On 17 August 2021 Rubenstein announced her intention to run as an independent senate candidate for the Australian Capital Territory[21] in the 2022 Australian federal election and established the Kim for Canberra party.[22]

In January 2022 the Australian Electoral Commission approved Rubenstein's application to form the political party called Kim for Canberra.[23] The party received 4.43 percent of primary votes, representing 0.1328 of a Senate quota, in the 2022 federal election.[24]

Prizes, awards and honours

  • Fulbright 1991 Australian Postgraduate Scholar.[14]
  • Sir Robert Menzies Scholarship to Harvard, 1991–1992.[13]
  • Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Trust award.[2]
  • Fulbright 2002 Senior Scholar.[14]
  • In 2008, Rubenstein presented the Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture on the topic From Suffrage to Citizenship: the creation of a Republic of Equals.[25]
  • In 2012, she won a Westpac '100 Women of Influence' Australian Financial Review award for her work in public policy.[2][26]
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia(FASSA) in 2018 in the discipline of Law, with specialisations in citizenship, nationality, oral history, archives and law, gender and the Constitution.[4]
  • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL).[3]

Publications

Rubenstein has over 100 publications on a wide range of issues surrounding law, citizenship and gender. Some of her most prominent works include:

Citizenship

  • Rubenstein, Kim (2017). Australian Citizenship Law (2nd ed.). Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited. ISBN 9780455236292.

Gender and public law

Oral history and women lawyers

As editor

Rubenstein co-edited a Cambridge University Press 5 volume series Connecting International Law with Public Law.[27]

Research grants

Rubenstein has been a Chief Investigator on several Australian Research Council grants:

  • LP100200596 – Small mercies, big futures: enhancing law, policy and practice in the selection, protection and settlement of refugee children and youth[28]
  • LP120200367 – The Trailblazing Women and the Law Project[29]
  • DP130101954 – The court as archive: rethinking the institutional role of federal superior courts of record[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rubenstein, Kim [@Rubenstein_Kim1] (19 August 2021). "Kim For Canberra. Independent 'candidate' for the Senate at the next federal election. Join the party now at: http://kim4canberra.com.au #Kim4CBR #auspol" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Rubenstein, Kim - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". womenaustralia.info/leaders. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Academy of Law - Fellows". academyoflaw.org.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Academy Fellow, Professor Kim Rubenstein". socialsciences.org.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Congratulations Kim Rubenstein - 2013 Edna Award recipient!". genderinstitute.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "University of Canberra - Profile - Kim Rubenstein". researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ^ "50/50 by 2030 Foundation - Who". 5050foundation.edu.au/. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Asia & The Pacific Policy Society - Kim Rubenstein". policyforum.net/. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Man born in pre-independence PNG recognised as Australian after Federal Court battle with immigration minister". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Q+A - Kim Rubenstein". abc.net.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Kim For Canberra". Kim For Canberra. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ^ Fuller, Nick (1 June 2022). "Kim Rubenstein looks back on her bid for the purple". Canberra Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b "R.G. Menzies Scholarships to Harvard 1968-2010" (PDF). press.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  14. ^ a b c "The Fulbrighter Australia" (PDF). fulbright.org.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  15. ^ "LinkedIn - Profile - Kim Rubenstein". linkedin.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  16. ^ "ANU Newsroom - Professor Kim Rubenstein". anu.edu.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Gender Institute Management Committee Former Management Committee Members - Kim Rubenstein". genderinstitute.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  18. ^ Engagement, Crawford; rsvp.crawford@anu.edu.au (6 May 2013). "Scholarship, public debate and public policy: ANU Public Policy Fellows". Crawford School of Public Policy. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  19. ^ "The Buchmann Faculty of Law Tel Aviv University - Previous Visiting Faculty". en-law.tau.ac.il/tau_law_faculty. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  20. ^ "ANU College of Law - Professor Kim Rubenstein FAAL, FASSA". law.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Canberra constitutional expert Kim Rubenstein to run as an independent senate candidate". canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Media Release: Professor Kim Rubenstein announces election bid for an ACT senate seat at the next Federal election". kim4canberra.com.au. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Registration of a political party Kim for Canberra" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 18 January 2022.
  24. ^ "First preferences by Senate group". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  25. ^ "From Suffrage to Citizenship: A Republic of Equals" (PDF). law.anu.edu.au. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Financial Review Women of Influence - Prof. Kim Rubenstein". afrwomenofinfluence.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  27. ^ "Connecting International Law with Public Law". cambridge.org. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  28. ^ "ARC Data Portal LP100200596 - The University of Sydney". dataportal.arc.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  29. ^ "ARC Data Portal LP120200367 - The Australian National University". dataportal.arc.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  30. ^ "ARC Data Portal DP130101954 - The Australian National University". dataportal.arc.gov.au. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

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