Gerard is a Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA). He graduated from the University of Sydney with First Class Honours in Economics and Law. His Masters of Law included an Honours thesis in competition law. Gerard was admitted as a solicitor in 1991. He was a partner in a large city commercial law firm, specialising in commercial work in the energy sector (including electricity derivative transactions, large energy infrastructure projects and regulatory advice). From 2008 to 2012 he was Dean of the School of Law, Sydney at UNDA. His main areas of teaching are contracts, commercial practice, commercial drafting, ethics, corporations law and property. He has supervised research students in contracts, competition law and other areas. Gerard and his UNDA colleagues have conducted the CLA’s annual CPD presentation on ethics, practice management and professional skills since March 2011. He joined the CLA Board of Directors in 2018.