Rate My Professor Emma Garlett

Emma Garlett is a sessional legal academic at Curtin Law School and a member of the Curtin University Council. As a proud Nyungar-Nyiyaparli-Yamatji woman originally from Geraldton, she holds the distinction of being the first Aboriginal person to graduate from both the Curtin Law School and the Curtin Business School with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce. Her special interests include administrative law, water law, native title, cultural heritage, and Indigenous involvement in environmental, social, and governance initiatives. She serves on the Commercial Law Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia.

In her broader career, Garlett is the founder and director of the Garlett Group, a firm launched in 2023 specializing in sustainability, digital communications, and promoting Indigenous inclusion. She also works as an Industry Fellow at The University of Queensland, a Teaching Fellow in Law at The University of Western Australia, and an Adjunct Professor at Federation University. Recognized with the 2022 Wesfarmers John Monash Scholarship, she pursued a Master of Laws at the University of Auckland. Garlett co-authored the 2024 publication "Sustainable Water in Mining? The Importance of Traditional Owner Involvement in Commercial Water Use and Management in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia," during her affiliation with the University of Queensland and Curtin University. She holds non-executive directorships at the Perth Bears and Anglicare WA, and participates in the First Nations Governance Forum of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as the Taxonomy Technical Expert Group of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute. A regular columnist for The West Australian and host of the YouTube series "Paint it Blak," she advocates for justice, reconciliation, and Indigenous excellence. Her appointment to the Curtin University Council in December 2025 underscores her impact as a legal academic, business leader, and First Nations advocate.