Katy Barnett

Katy Barnett is an Australian academic and author. She joined Melbourne Law School in 2006 as a sessional lecturer and was permanently appointed a Professor of Law in 2010.

Her expertise is in private law, with particular expertise on the law of remedies, contract, equity, legal history, as well as animal law.

She has been described as 'one of the most eminent authors and commentators' in the field of remedies and private law. Her work has been referred to by jurists such as Australia's (then) Chief Justice Robert French. In addition to her writing on private law, she has been cited for her academic work analysing disparities between male and female academics in citation metrics, especially regarding the metric of apex court citations.

Early life and education Katy completed an LLB with Honours and a BA with majors in English, History, and Medieval Studies at the University of Melbourne in 1999.

In 2022 she was appointed editor of the Indian Law Review.

Non-academic writing In addition to her academic writing, she has contributed articles to Quilette, and Times Higher Education.