Top Indigenous academic quits University of Melbourne law school role and alleges institutional racism

Dr Eddie Cubillo, a leading academic at the University of Melbourne, has resigned from his role heading Indigenous programs. Photograph: Luis Enrique Ascui/AAP

A leading academic at the University of Melbourne (UoM) has resigned from one of his roles heading Indigenous programs after public complaints over institutional racism at the faculty.

Dr Eddie Cubillo, a Larrakia, Wadjigan and Central Arrernte man, was working part-time as an associate dean and senior fellow at the university’s prestigious Melbourne Law School (MLS).