John Devereux (academic)

Educated at St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace, Devereux went on to study a Bachelor of Arts (1984) and Bachelor of Laws (1987) at the University of Queensland.[1] Devereux was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1988.[2] He completed his Doctorate of Philosophy at Oxford University in 1993[1] in Competency to Consent to Medical Treatment in England and Australia as a student of Magdalen College.

Devereux has worked as a lawyer in a variety of contexts including as a Barrister, as a consultant to a multi-national law firm, a Law Reform Commissioner for Queensland and as a Defence Force Magistrate.[1] Devereux was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1988 and the Tasmanian Bar in 1997.[1] He was a Lecturer in Law at Keble College, Oxford University and Assistant Dean of Magdalen College, Oxford University.[1] He was made professor of law at the University of Queensland in 1999. In 2010 he took leave from the University of Queensland to become Associate Vice Chancellor of Australian Catholic University.[3] Devereux is an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine.[4] He is a legal member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was formerly the legal member of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission, and was formerly a Law Reform Commissioner for Queensland.[1]

Devereux was a member of the Australian Army Infantry Corps (reserve). He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 2001 as a Specialist Legal Officer. He now holds the rank of group captain. He served in Iraq in 2008 and Afghanistan in 2011. He was awarded a Bronze Star by the United States of America for his service in Iraq.[5] He has served two terms as a Defence Force magistrate and judge advocate.