Fields of Research (FoR)

• Law not elsewhere classified ( 180199 )
  
• Legal Theory ( 480410 )
  
• Conflict Of Laws (incl. Private International Law) ( 480303 )
  
• Legal Ethics ( 500105 )
  
• Law In Context ( 480400 )
  
• Applied Ethics ( 500100 )
  
• International And Comparative Law ( 480300 )
  

Research interests

Professor Mortensen is an international authority on private international law and lawyer’s ethics, with a substantial publication record also in law and religion. His work in private international law spans the field, but has a stronger focus on international jurisdiction. With Richard Garnett and Mary Keyes, he is the author of the standard Australian text in this field, Private International Law in Australia (5th ed, LexisNexis, 2023). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Private International Law. In the field of lawyers' ethics, Professor Mortensen’s work centres on philosophies of virtue, and his writings have addressed their relationship with moral and legal theories of care, religious perspectives on legal practice, lawyers' character, the reform of the legal profession in Queensland and the management of client money. He was the general editor of Legal Ethics (Taylor & Francis, UK) from 2012-2017. Professor Mortensen is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Professional memberships

Queensland Law Society
Downs & South West Queensland Law Association
Ipswich District Law Association

Legal Committee, Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

Council of Australian Law Deans (2013-2023)
Queensland Law Deans Network (2013-2023)
Ethics Committee, Queensland Law Society (2006-2023)
Rule Review Committee, Queensland Law Society (2006-2023)

Industry affiliations

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law
Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences

USQ Research affiliations

• Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs

LAW8705-International Commercial Litigation

Teaching experience(Tertiary)

33 Years

Administrative responsibilities

PhD Supervisor

Research supervisor in the area of:

• Law not elsewhere classified ( 180199 )
  
• Legal Theory ( 480410 )
  
• Conflict Of Laws (incl. Private International Law) ( 480303 )
  
• Legal Ethics ( 500105 )
  
• Law In Context ( 480400 )
  
• Applied Ethics ( 500100 )
  
• International And Comparative Law ( 480300 )