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02 Zheng Zhou

Associate solicitor · Engineer · Educator

Zheng
Zhou

A precise mind.
A life with range.

Sydney solicitor, Chongqing University engineer, badminton player and student of personal style. This chapter is about the person—not the case list.

Editorial side-profile portrait of Zheng Zhou
Portrait / 02Law · Engineering · Education
Based inSydneyNSW · Australia

2.1 / At a glance

The whole person

More than a professional title.

Zheng moves between four worlds that reward the same qualities: structure in engineering, judgment in law, timing in badminton and proportion in style.

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Engineering

Technical training that looks for systems, evidence and load-bearing detail.

Professional Graduate, Institution of Engineers Australia (GradIEAust)Academic timeline ↓
Zheng Zhou seated courtside with a badminton racquet
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Badminton

Footwork. Timing. Decision.

BWF World Ranking 948 · Men's DoublesOfficial BWF player profile ↗
Zheng Zhou in a black hat and textured cream coat
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Style

Texture, proportion and point of view.

2.2 / Education & formation

From engineering
to advocacy.

A chronological view keeps the academic story together, instead of repeating it across every page.

CQU

Bachelor of Engineering

Chongqing University

Materials engineering, research and a systems-first way of thinking. President of the Chongqing University Badminton Club, leading 500+ members to a ‘Most Popular Club’ special award.

UNSW

Juris Doctor

UNSW Sydney

A second discipline: authority, reasoning, writing and advocacy. Runner-up in the MULS x SULS x UNSW LawSoc ESL Moot, appearing as senior counsel.

NSW

Admitted Solicitor

Supreme Court of New South Wales

Admitted in NSW and later to practise in the High Court of Australia.

NZ

Barrister and Solicitor

High Court of New Zealand · Auckland

Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

UOW

Master of Laws candidate

University of Wollongong

Part-time study with a Law of the Sea focus.

2.25 / Recognition & scholarship

Writing & public questions

Argument,
on paper.

Academic writing and public questions, alongside courtroom advocacy.

Finalist · One of three nationally

Sir Anthony Mason Constitutional Law Essay Competition

Recognised for constitutional law writing at national level.

Conference Scholarship Recipient

The Samuel Griffith Society

A scholarship to attend the Society's 36th national conference, awarded following an entry to the Ian Callinan Prize in Australian Constitutional Law.

Selected publications & submissions

The human rights of athletes amidst the sports boycott on Russia

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Submission on the NSW Animal Welfare Law Reform Discussion Paper

Law Society of NSW Young Lawyers

Justice Action’s Submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly on Drug Decriminalisation

Justice Action

Additional study

2025

Intellectual Property Law Specialization

University of Pennsylvania · Coursera

Four-course certificate series
Overhead portrait of Zheng Zhou in a teal knit

2.3 / Off the record

Professional.
Never anonymous.

Favourite second courtThe badminton court

First disciplineEngineering

Visual languageTexture over trend

Principal projectFounder · Z Law Academy

Sporting recordBWF Men's Doubles World Ranking 948 ↗

Club leadershipPresident · CQU Badminton Club · 500+ members · “Most Popular Club” special award

2.4 / Contact & CV

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