Rate My Professor Aidan Ricciardo

Aidan Ricciardo is a Senior Lecturer in the UWA Law School at the University of Western Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Western Australia, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is currently completing a Doctor of Philosophy at UWA Law School. In his academic career, Ricciardo coordinates and lectures in key units including LAWS5107 Evidence in the Juris Doctor program, LAWS2220 Birth, Life & Death: Health & Medical Law, and LAWS1112 Law for Everyday Lives in the Law & Society major, of which he is Director. He also serves on the Law School's Learning and Teaching Committee.

Ricciardo's research focuses on health and medical law, with particular emphasis on children and young people's bodily autonomy in areas such as gender-affirming healthcare and voluntary assisted dying; evidence law; legal education pedagogy; and LGBTQI+ diversity and inclusion in law. He is Editor in Chief of the Western Australian Law Teachers' Review, an Editorial Board Member of the Legal Education Review, and maintains a blog on Evidence Law in Western Australia. His contributions extend to ethics committees, including the Human Research Ethics Committee at Perth Children's Hospital and the WA Department of Health Central Human Research Ethics Committee, as well as submissions to government inquiries and invited presentations to judicial audiences. Ricciardo's teaching excellence is recognized by multiple awards: Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation (2022) for making legal studies accessible and inclusive; Australian Legal Education Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021); UWA Award for Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching (2024); UWA and Law School Excellence in Teaching Awards (Early Career, 2022); and Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Notable publications include "Minors’ Access to Gender-Affirming Healthcare in Australia: Current Reviews and Their Clinical, Legal and Policy Contexts" (2025, University of Western Australia Law Review); "Trans-Inclusive Pedagogy in University Reproductive Health Education: Challenging Cisnormativity in Health Law and Biological Science" (2025, Western Australian Law Teachers' Review); "Voluntary Assisted Dying and State Residence Requirements: A Western Australian Perspective" (2024, University of Western Australia Law Review); "Under my Umbrella: LGBTQIA+ Rights, LGBTQIA+ Researchers and 'Internal Allyship'" (2024, Alternative Law Journal); and "Teaching Sensitive Content Safely: How to Approach Sexual Violence in Legal Education" (2024, Western Australian Law Teachers' Review).