Lisa Di Marco

Lisa Di Marco is an education-focused Senior Lecturer at the Monash Law Faculty and an experienced practising commercial lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in private practice and government. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Master of Laws, specialising in intellectual property.

Lisa teaches across Contract law and foundational law units and is passionate about connecting her teaching of contract law to current issues in commercial legal practice and the evolving role of lawyers in light of new technologies. Lisa led a major curriculum redesign of the contract law units at Monash to implement active and blended learning models, and has been recognised with multiple awards, including the 2024 Australian Legal Education Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2022 Monash Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, and Faculty of Law Teaching Awards in 2020 and 2022.

Lisa's professional background includes recent roles in Victorian government agencies, advising on IT and general commercial procurements. Earlier in her career, Lisa held senior roles in the intellectual property teams at top-tier firms Minter Ellison and Ashurst, where her practice focused on technology commercialisation and licensing transactions.

Lisa also contributes to the education and support of practising lawyers. She has written for Thomson Reuters Practical Law and developed a range of practice aids, core precedents, and training programs at Ashurst.

Lisa is a member of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies (CLARS) at Monash University.  

Lisa's research interests are contract law, consumer law, legal technology and education pedagogy.