Donald Kris Anton

March 20, 1960

St. Louis

Current Appointments Honorary Professor of Law (2019 – continuing) - The Australian National University College of Law Past Tenured Positions 2016-2020 - Director, Griffith University Law Futures Centre 2015-2020 - Chair of International Law, Griffith University, Griffith Law School 2000-2015 - Professor of International Law, Associate Professor of Law, Senior Lecturer in Law & Lecturer in Law, The Australian National University College of Law 1994-1997 - Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne Law School Visiting Appointments 2015 - Senior Scholar-In-Residence (August-October 2015), University of Colorado Law School 2013 - Visiting Professor of Law (July-September 2013), University of Yangon 2008-2010 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School 2007 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law 2003 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School 1997-1999 - Adjunct Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney Faculty of Law 1995-1996 - Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Faculty of Law Research Appointments 2013 - Open Society Foundation Visiting Fellow, Yangon University Department of Law 2007-2013 - Senior Fellow, International Law Program, United Nations Institute for Training and Research 1992-1994 - Research Associate in International Law for Professors Louis Henkin and Oscar Schacter, Columbia Law School Attorney Positions 2025-2026 - Senior Legal Counsel, Australian Attorney-General's Office of International Law 1997-2000 Director of Environmental Policy and Senior Solicitor, Environmental Defender’s Office, Ltd. (Sydney and Melbourne) 1991-1992 Legal Consultant, Blake, Dawson & Waldron (Sydney) 1991-1992 Legal Consultant, Freehill Hollingdale Page (Sydney) 1988-1991 Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, Elam, Burke & Boyd (Boise) 1986-1988 Law Clerk/Attorney Adviser to the Hon. Paul J. Simon, Missouri Court of Appeals (St. Louis)

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Background

Anton, Donald Kris was born on March 20, 1960 in St. Louis. Son of Donald Christian and Aurora Ida Anton.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Control Missouri State University, 1983;

Juris Doctorate, St. Saint Louis University, 1986;

Career

Current Appointments

Honorary Professor of Law (2019 – continuing) - The Australian National University College of Law

Past Tenured Positions

2016-2020 - Director, Griffith University Law Futures Centre

2015-2020 - Chair of International Law, Griffith University, Griffith Law School

2000-2015 - Professor of International Law, Associate Professor of Law, Senior Lecturer in Law & Lecturer in Law, The Australian National University College of Law

1994-1997 - Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne Law School

Visiting Appointments

2015 - Senior Scholar-In-Residence (August-October 2015), University of Colorado Law School

2013 - Visiting Professor of Law (July-September 2013), University of Yangon

2008-2010 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

2007 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law

2003 - Visiting Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

1997-1999 - Adjunct Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney Faculty of Law

1995-1996 - Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Faculty of Law

Research Appointments

2013 - Open Society Foundation Visiting Fellow, Yangon University Department of Law

2007-2013 - Senior Fellow, International Law Program, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

1992-1994 - Research Associate in International Law for Professors Louis Henkin and Oscar Schacter, Columbia Law School

Attorney Positions

2025-2026 - Senior Legal Counsel, Australian Attorney-General's Office of International Law

1997-2000 Director of Environmental Policy and Senior Solicitor, Environmental Defender’s Office, Ltd. (Sydney and Melbourne)

1991-1992 Legal Consultant, Blake, Dawson & Waldron (Sydney)

1991-1992 Legal Consultant, Freehill Hollingdale Page (Sydney)

1988-1991 Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, Elam, Burke & Boyd (Boise)

1986-1988 Law Clerk/Attorney Adviser to the Hon. Paul J. Simon, Missouri Court of Appeals (St. Louis)

Achievements

Donald Kris Anton has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

SSRN List of Publications
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=371838

Membership

Member Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, Eugene, Oregon, 1994. Deputy election commissioner St. Louis County Board Election Commissioners. Missouri delegate Democratic Convention, 1980.

Member American Bar Association, American Society International Law (reporter 1993), Idaho State Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Australian and New Zealand Society International Law, International Commission Jurists, International Bar Association, Law Society New South Wales, Law Institute Victoria, National Environmental Law Association, Australasian Law Teachers Association.

Connections

Married Penelope Elise Mathew, August 7, 1993. 1 child, Thomas Christian.

Father:: Donald Christian Anton
Mother:: Aurora Ida Anton
Spouse:: Penelope Elise Mathew
child:: Thomas Christian Anton

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