UNSW
Emeritus Professor Hal Wootten passed away during the night of 27 July, leaving behind a world where the law can finally meet justice.
“A law school should have and communicate to its students a keen concern for those on whom the law bears harshly.”
These were the echoing words of Emeritus Professor John Halden Wootten AC QC that formed the guiding principle of the faculty since it first opened its doors on 1 March 1971.
Prof. Wootten joined UNSW as the founding Dean of the Faculty of Law & Justice along with 219 undergraduate students in its inaugural class.
“Although Prof. Wootten would have been 99 in December, I am sure his death will come as something of a shock to many. His energy, his undimmed interest in the state of the world and his constant example of the responsibilities we have to people facing adversity and injustice gave him a near immortal quality,” said Professor Andrew Lynch, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law & Justice.