Yvonne Apolo

Yvonne Apolo is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and a scholar in privacy law and technology. Her research sits at the intersection of law, psychology and emerging technologies. Yvonne is currently working on projects that interrogate the impact of emerging technologies on the legal protection of privacy and the implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and deepfakes on the fair trial, legal education and the professional ethical responsibilities of lawyers. 

Since joining the School as a sessional lecturer in 2013, Yvonne has coordinated and taught a number of core subjects within the LLB curriculum, including: Law of Torts, Contract Law, Statutory Interpretation, Foundations of Law and Legal Skills. In 2019, Yvonne redesigned Introduction to Law; the primary law subject delivered to students outside of the LLB program, studying in each of UOWs domestic and international campuses. In 2021, Yvonne collaborated with colleagues from Melbourne Law School, the UOW School of Business and Arizona State University to design and implement the first LLB subject at UOW dedicated to the study of law and emerging technologies: Privacy, Law and Technology. This elective subject is delivered to upper-year students both within and outside of the LLB program and incorporates interdisciplinary teaching and learning from a range of experts in the feild. Yvonne has delivered invited talks on this topic of privacy law and technology for the School for the Future of Innovation and Society at Arizona State University and the UOW School of Business.

In 2019, Yvonne received the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts Sessional Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (OCTAL). She was subsequently inducted as a Fellow into the Wollongong Academy for Tertiary Teaching & Learning Excellence (WATTLE). From 2018-2022, Yvonne served as the inaugural Academic Liaison to the UOW Law Student Society. She currently co-chairs the School of Law LLB Program Committee and is a member of the Faculty of Business and Law Liverpool Working Group.

Yvonne is a member of the Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC), in which she has undertaken various roles including Seminar Series Coordinator and HDR Event organiser. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society.