Contact Information: Tel: (852) 3163 4396 Fax: (852) 2994 2505 Email: mlebrun@cuhk.edu.hk Office: Room 403, 4th Floor, School of Law Mong Man Wai Building The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR

Professor Marlene Le Brun

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Marlene Le Brun has an international reputation for her work in legal education, law teaching, and legal interviewing. She has taught law and worked as a consultant in undergraduate and postgraduate law and judicial education programmes in several jurisdictions, including Australia, Botswana, India, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam. She has published widely on legal education. She is admitted as an attorney in the USA.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• BA (Hons) (Manchester)
• JD (Connecticut)
• M Ed (Tasmania)
• LLM (Adelaide)
• Attorney at Law, State of Connecticut

Awards and Distinctions

• Entry in Who's Who in Australia, since 2002
• National Teaching Fellow, Australia, 1998
• Australian Publisher Association, Higher Education Series Award for Legal Interviewing: Theory, Tactics, and Techniques
• R Ballantyne, J Bain, and J Packer, Reflections on University Teaching: Academics' Stories, AGPS, 1997, 411-421, reflections on teaching by university teachers of excellence
• Special Edition Editor, (2001) Legal Education Review, nos. 1 and 2, special legal ethics edition
• Editorial Committee, Legal Education Review

• Legal Education, E-Learning, and Learner-Centred Teaching
• Legal Interviewing
• Legal Ethics
• Family Law

Research Projects

• Student learning of legal interviewing and negotiation online
• Student learning of law in Hong Kong

Representative Publications

Books

K Lauchland and M J Le Brun, Legal Interviewing: Theory, Tactics, and Techniques, Sydney, Butterworths, 1996

M J Le Brun and R Johnstone, The Quiet (R)evolution: Improving Student Learning in Law, Sydney, Law Book Company, 1994

Refereed Articles

M J Le Brun, A Macduff, R Vuckovic, and D Catanzariti, 'Developing the Reflective Practitioner Online (in Law),' (2005) 39 The Law Teacher, 16-28

M J Le Brun, 'Professional Development for Judges: Adopting an Holistic Approach,' (2003) 12 Journal of Judicial Administration, 202-215

M J Le Brun, '"Gaming" Contract Law: Creating Pleasurable Ways to Learn Contract Law,’ (2003) Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, May

M J Le Brun, ‘On Becoming a Techie: Making Technology Work for Law,’ (2002) 52 Syracuse Law Review, 1103-1131

M Le Brun, ‘Developing Multimedia Flexible Teaching/Learning Packages: Valuing New Genres of Legal Scholarship’ (2001) 3 The Journal of Information, Law, and Technology (JILT) (http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-3/lebrun.html)

M Le Brun, ‘Transportable Law Degrees or Transportable Legal Know-How: The Fast Food/Chain Store Approach to Legal Work?’ (2001) 3 University of Technology Sydney Law Review, 73-84

M Le Brun, ‘Enhancing Student Learning of Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Australian Law Schools by Improving Our Teaching,’ (2001) Legal Education Review, 269-285

M Le Brun, ‘Enhancing Student Learning of Law by Involving Students (and Colleagues) in Developing Multi-Media Teaching and Learning Materials,’ (2000) 34 The Law Teacher: The International Journal of Legal Education, no 1, 40-57

CD-ROM

M Le Brun with L Scull, Ethics, Conscience, And Professionalism: Rediscovering the Heart of Law, 2000

M Le Brun with students from City University of Hong Kong, Adventures in Contract Law, 2002

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