Jaclyn Lontos practices in commercial and common law litigation, and has appeared in the Magistrates' Court, County Court and Supreme Court of Victoria.
Before coming to the Bar, Jaclyn was the Associate to the Honourable Justice Jessup of the Federal Court of Australia for eighteen months, and a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, where she practiced in the dispute resolution and property and construction groups.
Jaclyn has completed a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Monash University. She completed her Science honours thesis in the field of psychology/psychopharmacology, and in her Law degree she was awarded the Thomson Reuters Legal and Tax Australia Prize for achieving the highest mark in Media Law.
Jaclyn was also a research assistant/probationary psychologist at the Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology of Monash University, where she assessed young children for autism and other developmental disorders.
Jaclyn has also held a position at the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.
Publications
Cornish, J. L., Lontos, J. M., Clemens, K. J., Mc Gregor, I. S. (2005). Cocaine and heroin (‘speedball’) self-administration: the involvement of the nucleus accumbens dopamine and mu-opiate, but not delta-opiate receptors. Psychopharmacology, 180 (1) 21-32.
Committee memberships
Victorian Bar representative in the Office for the Community Sector Regulatory Reform Reference Group
Mentor in the Victorian Women Lawyers and Women Barristers Association's Law Student Mentoring Program.