Ian Lam is a Lecturer in the Thomas More Law School (TMLS), Australian Catholic University (ACU). Before joining TMLS, as a qualified solicitor and chartered accountant, Ian taught taxation law in the Peter Faber Business School of ACU. Currently, Ian is a teaching scholar specialised in Commercial Law and Taxation Law.
Ian is also the pro bono program coordinator at the TMLS which is the only law school in Australia that requires students to complete 80 hours of supervised pro bono legal work within the law curriculum. The program provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate positive impact on society. In the past three years, Ian and the pro bono team has taken the program to a new level by working with approx. 250 students/year, and providing no less than 50,000 hours of pro bono legal work (20,000 hours/year) to help the vulnerable in the community.​