Michael Crommelin is a Professor Emeritus in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. His teaching and research interests are in constitutional law, mineral law, petroleum law and property law. He was Zelman Cowen Professor of Law from 1975 until 2021, and Dean of the Law School for 19 years. In 2009 he was appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to the law and legal education, particularly as a tertiary educator and through the development of mining and petroleum law in Australia.