Donald McDougall is an Australian lawyer who practised in Sydney, New South Wales, and became a partner of the law firm Phillips Fox. He was admitted to the bar in Australia in 1979 after studying law and commerce at the University of New South Wales.
Education
Donald McDougall studied at the University of New South Wales, where he completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce. The university was founded in 1949 as the New South Wales University of Technology and adopted its present name in 1958. Its origins in technical education were later joined by a broad range of academic and professional programs.
His combined qualifications in law and commerce gave his legal education a business dimension. Admission to the bar in 1979 marked the point at which his legal training led into professional practice in Australia.
Career
Donald McDougall practised as a lawyer in Australia. He was admitted to the bar in Australia in 1979, and his professional career developed in Sydney.
He later served as a partner of Phillips Fox, an Australian law firm. Partners share in the ownership and management of a firm's practice. Phillips Fox later became part of the international firm DLA Piper, which absorbed the Australian firm and retired the name DLA Phillips Fox when it began operating in Australia.
