Dr Mitchell Adams is a Senior Lecturer at Swinburne Law School with expertise spanning intellectual property law, legal technology, and empirical legal research. A registered Australian Trade Marks Attorney and admitted solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, he holds a PhD in law as well as science and law degrees from Monash University. He writes on intellectual property rights, using empirical legal methods to investigate international registration systems. His current research is focused on trade mark law and designs law. Other research areas include entertainment law and the legal protection afforded to fictional characters.

With over $500,000 in secured external research funding, his work has achieved direct policy impact, most notably through contributions to IP Australia's IP First Response Tool. He is also the producer of 40 Floors Up, the only law-themed board game in Australia. The game has been played by hundreds of secondary school legal studies students and has been purchased worldwide.

Beyond his research, Dr Adams is a nationally and internationally recognised innovator in legal education, having pioneered technology-enabled curricula that have positioned Swinburne Law School as a leader in preparing practice-ready graduates. He is a 2023 Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Legal Innovation, the recipient of the 2024 INTA Pattishall Medal for Teaching Excellence, awarded by the International Trademark Association, and named Academic of the Year at the 2022 Australian Law Awards. Mitchell is also the director of the Legal Tech and Design Clinics at Swinburne Law School to investigate the use of generative AI in legal practice.