David Hume

About David

David was awarded a John Monash Scholarship and a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship to study for a LLM at Harvard Law School in 2009. His thesis explored areas of public law and political philosophy with a particular focus in constitutional and human rights law. Before coming to the Bar, David practised at Freehills and the Australian Government Solicitor; he was also an Associate to the Honourable Justice Gleeson, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. David has appeared in a number of High Court cases, including cases regarding free speech, offshore detention, boat turnbacks and the right to trial by jury. He has co-authored two books, Human Rights under the Australian Constitution and People Power: The History and Future of the Referendum in Australia. David is a fellow of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at UNSW.