“I am looking forward to leading the new ANU module on #MeToo and the law, which will [help promote] discussion among students, practitioners and experts around the social and legal implications of discrimination and gender-based violence in all of their forms,” Dr Steele said of the first-of-its-kind Australian course.

It will be available for students enrolled in the juris doctor, master of laws and ANU’s recently launched master of international law and diplomacy programs.

The course will cover legal concepts related to the #MeToo movement, which includes spoliation, statutes of limitation, due process, wrongful termination, libel, backlogs from evidence, non-disclosure agreements and sexual harassment in legal workplaces.

Students will consider the theoretical underpinnings of the #MeToo movement, which will explore violence, intersectionality, marginalisation and access to justice. Students will also explore the role of social media in the movement and its legal issues.

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ANU College of Law senior lecturer Dilan Thampapillai will teach the course on issues of non-disclosure agreements, “specifically how an employer can’t use contracts that will silence someone when you, or someone associated with you, violates laws”.

The course will also consider how the legal profession has come into focus as a place of sexual harassment and abuse, raising issues for courts, law firms and, broadly, the profession as a whole. It will be examined in depth by Dr Steele.

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