Adjunct Professor
Judith McNamara
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Biography
Professor Judith McNamara is the Head of School, School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology. Judith joined the QUT School of Law in a full-time position as an Associate Lecturer in January 2006 after a rewarding career in both private practice working in large city practices and regional general practice and she has been an academic since 1998. Judith graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Economics in 1988, a Bachelor of Laws (hons) in 1990 and a Master of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology in 2004. Prior to her appointment as Head of School Judith was the Assistant Dean, Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Law. Judith has demonstrated an enduring commitment to developing the next generation of lawyers and embracing innovation and disruption in legal education. Her areas of teaching expertise include contract and business law, legal research and work integrated learning. She has published extensively in legal education and her key areas of interest in the scholarship of teaching are final year experience, reflective practice and work integrated learning. In particular, Judith has expertise in curriculum design, including learning and teaching pedagogies relevant to ensuring students are prepared for legal practice. Judith was a member of the OLT funded Curriculum Renewal in Legal Education Project team was which set out to renew the final year curriculum of legal education.Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Business & Law,
School of Law
Keywords
legal education
Research field
Other law and legal studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Master of Laws (Queensland University of Technology)
Teaching
Judith currently teachers LLB466 Small Business Clinic. She has taught in a range of units in the law school including Contracts, Internships, Legal Clinic, Legal Research and Writing, Professional Responsibility and Intellectual Property.
Publications
- McNamara, J., (2013). The challenge of assessing professional competence in work integrated learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 38(2), 183–197. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46100
- Kift, S., Butler, D., Field, R., McNamara, J., Brown, C. & Treloar, C. (2013). Curriculum renewal in legal education: Final Report 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/64249
- Yule, J., McNamara, J. & Thomas, M. (2012). Reality bytes: Using technology in mooting. QUT Law Review, 12(1), 89–104. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50111
- Armstrong, S. & McNamara, J. (2011). Transition pedagogy in first and final year law programs. In S. Kift, M. Sanson, J. Cowley & P. Watson (Eds.), Excellence and Innovation in Legal Education (pp. 207–238). LexisNexis Butterworths. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48451
- McNamara, J., (2009). A collaborative model for learning and assessment of legal placement. Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Cooperative Education and World Integrated Learning, 1–7. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/27290
- McNamara, J. & Cradduck, L. (2008). Can We Protect How We Do What We Do? A Consideration of Business Methods Patents in Australia and Europe. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 16(1), 96–124. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/12574
- Christensen, S., McNamara, J. & O'Shea, K. (2007). Legal and Contracting Issues in Electronic Project Administration in the Construction Industry. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 25(3/4), 191–203. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8693
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Judith, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.