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Associate Professor

Wayne Rumbles

Senior Research Officer

Te Piringa Faculty of Law

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  • Senior Research Officer
    Te Piringa Faculty of Law
  • Associate
    School of Law, Politics and Philosophy
  • +64 7 838 4169 (Work)
  • University of Waikato

BIO

Wayne Rumbles graduated BA/LLB in 1997 with majors in Law, History and English Literature. He completed LLM (Distinction) from the University of Waikato in 1998. He spent three years working in community law and worked for Te Matahauariki Research Institute for 10 years on the Laws and Institutions for Aotearoa/New Zealand project. Wayne has been an academic Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato for 22 years.

Wayne teaches and researches in the areas of Cyber Law, Law and New Technologies, Criminal Law (with a focus on Cyber Crime), and teaches in New Zealand's first Masters in Cyber-Security taught jointly by the Faculties of Law and Computer and Mathematical Science. Wayne is the lead researcher in the Technology in Legal Education New Zealand project (TeLENZ) funded by the New Zealand Law Foundaton

Twitter: @legalwayne | Linkedin: Wayne Rumbles

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Research Officer
    University of Waikato, Te Piringa Faculty of Law
  • Associate
    University of Waikato, School of Law, Politics and Philosophy

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Dean of Law
    University of Waikato, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, Hamilton, New Zealand17 Jun 2015 - 8 Feb 2020
  • Acting Dean of Law
    University of Waikato, Te Piringa -Faculty of Law, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Feb 2015 - 16 Jun 2015
  • Faculty Chairperson Law
    University of Waikato, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Jul 2012 - 31 Jan 2015
  • Associate Dean - Undergraduate Programm
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Jul 2007 - 15 May 2008

DEGREES

  • BA
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • LLB
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • LLM (with Distinction)
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee

RESEARCH AREAS