Council Members

Ms Nancy Dolan

Ms Nancy Dolan BA LLB (Hons) is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney.

After beginning practice in New Zealand, Nancy became a solicitor and partner in the commercial disputes group of Mallesons Stephen Jacques in Sydney, focusing on contracts, equity, administrative law, professional negligence law and commercial disputes. She subsequently became General Counsel and a partner of Coopers and Lybrand and its successor firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, providing legal advice to executive leaders about partnership arrangements, the firm’s operations, risk management and the management of claims. Nancy was a consultant from 2000 to 2003.

From 2004 to 2007 Nancy was General Counsel of the University of Sydney, responsible for co-ordinating the provision of legal services to the University, for providing advice to the Senate, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and senior executives and for establishing and leading an Office of General Counsel.

Nancy is a member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of UTS, the St James Ethics Centre and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.