Assoc Prof Gaye Lansdell - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Gaye Lansdell is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law.  From 2000 - 2008 she was Convenor of the  Postgraduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics. Dr Lansdell has many years' experience as both a practitioner and an academic spanning a number of Australian jurisdictions and including the United Kingdom. From 1993 -1997 she was a subject co-ordinator in the skills programme at the Inns of Court School of Law in London.

Before accepting the challenge to lead the Postgraduate Diploma of Legal Practice at Monash in 2000,  Dr Lansdell was the Director of the Articles Training Program in Perth, Western Australia - a practical legal training course run in conjunction with articles and compulsory for those seeking admission to practice in Western Australia.   Her research expertise and publication record covers the areas of legal practice, legal education, ethics and professional reaponsibility and criminal law practice.

To view a selection of Associate Professor Lansdell's publications on-line go to:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=865918

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Research & Supervision Interests

Criminology

Legal Education

Legal Ethics

Medical Law

Practical Legal Training

Keywords

Criminology, Legal Education, Legal Ethics, Medical Law, Practical Legal Training

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF LAWS (HONS)

Institution: University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 2005

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Book Chapters

Lansdell, G., 2010, Have we forsaken quality and professionalism for technological convenience in the training of lawyers in the 21st Century? The 'flexible learning' paradigm, in Interaction in Communication Technologies and Virtual Learning Environments: Human Factors, eds Angela T. Ragusa, IGI Publishing, Hershey, PA, USA, pp. 99-117.

Journal Articles

Lansdell, G., Eriksson, A., Saunders, B., Brown, S., 2012, Infringement systems in Australia: a precarious blurring of civil and criminal sanctions?, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 37, issue 1, Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 41-45.

Lansdell, G., Anderson, J., King, M., 2011, "Terror among the gum trees" - is our criminal legal framework adequate to curb the peril of bushfire arson in Australia?, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law [P], vol 18, issue 3, Routledge, London UK, pp. 357-377.

Lansdell, G.T., 2009, Have we 'pushed the boat out too far' in providing online practical legal training? A guide to best practices for future programs, Legal Education Review [P], vol 19, issue 1, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Lindfield, NSW, Australia, pp. 149-169.

Lansdell, G.T., Chrapot, R., 2007, Training New Lawyers: Reflections and Future Directions for Training Victorian Lawyers, Alternative Law Journal, vol 1, issue 1, Legal Services Bulletin Co-operative Ltd, Melbourne Victoria Australia, pp. 77-85.

Teaching Commitment

Lawyers ethics and society 506 (LAW5125)

Principles of criminal law and procedure (LAW7264)