Mrs Katherine Lindsay
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Law School
- Email:katherine.lindsay@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5872
Career Summary
Biography
I have taught at the Newcastle Law School since its establishment in 1992. My primary interests are in federal constitutional law and Australian legal biography. I was the first graduate of the Newcastle Law School with an LLM by research in 1996. I have contributed in many ways to the growth and development of the law school over two decades and greatly enjoy the privilege of teaching our law students.
Research Expertise
I am one of a small number of Australian legal scholars with a keen interests in legal biography. I have interviewed 4 of Australia's contemporary judicial biographers about their work on Sir Owen Dixon, Sir Ronald Wilson, Mary Gaudron and Michael Kirby. I am currently working on an intellectual biography of former Commonwealth Solicitor-General Sir Maurice Byers.
Teaching Expertise
I have been teaching law at the Newcastle Law School since its establishment in 1992. During this period I have developed expertise in a number of teaching areas including, the first year experience in law, curriculum development, holistic approaches to curriculum, clinical legal education and peer-assisted teaching schemes. I have been the recipient of a number of awards for teaching excellence since 2006: 2010 University of Newcastle Teaching and Learning Fellow 2009 Australian College of Educators Award for Teaching Excellence (student-initiated) “For being a champion of professionalism and pastoral care in the teaching of law.” 2008 ALTC Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning “For championing an integrated and inspirational approach to the academic and social development of individual students in first year law.” 2008 Lexis-Nexis Australasian Law Teachers’ Association Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Law – one of three finalists from Australia and NZ. 2007 NSW Quality Teaching Award 2006 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Learning Support 2006 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in the Faculty of Business and Law UNDERGRADUATE COURSES LAWS1001 A&B Legal System and Method (foundation FY compulsory)
1993 - present 70-180 students (Av=150) Lecturer since 1993, including developing curriculum (incl Australian Constitution in Context) Course co-ordinator and lecturer since 2000, coordinating up to 10 staff in first year team. Lead team in continued curriculum development. Led learning synergies with LAWS1003 Torts A&B . LAWS4001 Constitutional Law(Compulsory) 1995-present 50-100+(av=100) students Lecturer since 1995 Co-ordinator since 1997 2005-6 - curriculum renewal with colleague LAWS5011 Equal Opportunity Law (elective) 1996-2002; 2008-present 30-40 students Developed and co-ordinated as a new course in 1996. Redeveloped course in 2008 in line with new casebook to which I was a contributor (The first Australian book for this topic). LAWS5006 / LEGL2008 Child Law (elective) 2000-2007 30-50 students Developed curriculum for PBL course for combined law and social work class. Co-ordinator and lecturer LAWS 5014 Human Rights Law (elective) 1998, 2000 20 students Devised curriculum Course co-ordinator and lecturer LAWS5017 Legal History (elective) 2011- 20+? students Devised innovative curriculum around case studies of 19th century law reform Course co-ordinator and 50% lectures LAW2--- Special Topic in Law (Common Law) (elective) 1997-2001 6-10 Devised appropriate curriculum in common law for international exchange and study Abroad students from Scandinavia, and master of Common law students from China. LAWS3004 Contract Law 1996-1998 35 Lecturer in single stream – seminar style classes Developed legal writing component HONOURS COURSES Newcastle Law School has only one official “honours course” in line with national discipline practice. LAWS5005 Advanced Legal Research & Writing 1998-2012 10-18students pa School Honours co-ordinator, including allocation of dissertation supervisors and markers. Course co-ordinator of this course
Administrative Expertise
I have extensive administrative experience having held a number of administrative roles at the Newcastle Law School: 2011- Program Convenor LLB April 2013 2011-2013 Manager, Peer-Assisted Teaching Scheme, Faculty of Business and Law 2007- 2011 Director of Curriculum, Newcastle Law School, Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle 2003-present Senior Lecturer, School of Law Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle 2007-2008 Program Convenor, LLB School of Law 2002-2006 Deputy Head, School of Law (including regular short periods as Acting Head of School) 1998- 2000, 2001 Assistant Dean (Postgraduate and International), Faculty of Law 2000 Assistant Dean (Postgraduate, International and Teaching), Faculty of Law I have twice been an elected member of the University Senate. I have sat on the Faculty's Teaching and Learning Committee for a number of years and represented the Faculty on the University Teaching and Learning Committee, and the Student Engagement and Experience Committee. I have had significant experience on appointment committees from Level A - E for the Newcastle Law School, Newcastle Business School and the Wollotuka Institute. I have been a Vice-Chancellor's representative on the Serious Misconduct Committee. I have served as a University Complaints Officer.
Collaborations
I am a member of the research team associated with the multi-institutional trial of PATS (Peer-Assisted Teaching Scheme) led by Associate Professor Angela Carbone at Monash University. http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/educational-excellence/peerassistedteachingscheme/pats.html
Qualifications
- Master of Laws, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Law, University of Queensland
- Master of Arts, University of Queensland
Keywords
- Federal Constitutional Law
- First year experience
- Legal and judicial biography
- _Anti-discrimination law
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 180199 | Law not elsewhere classified | 50 |
| 180108 | Constitutional Law | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
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| Casual Academic | University of Newcastle Newcastle Law School Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| 1/01/2003 - | Senior Lecturer in Law | University of Newcastle School of Law Australia |
| 1/01/1997 - 1/12/2002 | Lecturer in Law | University of Newcastle School of Law Australia |
| 1/01/1994 - 1/12/1996 | Associate Lecturer in Law | University of Newcastle School of Law Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (2 outputs)
Chapter (1 outputs)
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| 2016 |
Lindsay KA, Tomkins D, 'The Judicial Scholar and the Scholarly Judge: Extra-Curial Writing and Intellectual Independence on the High Court', Judicial Independence in Australia: Contemporary Challenges, Future Directions, The Federation Press, Leichhardt NSW 168-182 (2016) [B1]
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Journal article (19 outputs)
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| 2017 |
Carbone A, Evans J, Ross B, Drew S, Phelan L, Lindsay K, et al., 'Assessing distributed leadership for learning and teaching quality: a multi-institutional study', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39 183-196 (2017) [C1] © 2017 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management. Distributed leadership has been explored interna... [more] © 2017 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management. Distributed leadership has been explored internationally as a leadership model that will promote and advance excellence in learning and teaching in higher education. This paper presents an assessment of how effectively distributed leadership was enabled at five Australian institutions implementing a collaborative teaching quality development scheme called the Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme. The Scheme brings together expertise from teams of academics, coordinators, and institutional learning and teaching portfolio holders to the shared goal of enhancing learning and teaching quality. A distributed leadership benchmarking tool was used to assess the Scheme¿s effectiveness, and we found that (i) the Scheme is highly consistent with the distributed leadership benchmarks, and that (ii) the benchmarking tool is easily used in assessing the alignment (or otherwise) of teaching and learning quality initiatives with distributed leadership benchmarks. This paper will be of interest to those seeking to assess implementations of distributed leadership to improve teaching quality and leadership capacity.
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| 2017 |
Lindsay KA, Tomkins D, 'Hail to the Chief! The Roles and Leadership of Australian Chief Justices as Evidenced in Extra-Curial Activity 1964-2017', UNSW Law Journal, 40 712-760 (2017) [C1]
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| 2017 |
Drew S, Phelan L, Lindsay KA, Carbone A, Ross B, Wood K, et al., 'Formative observation of teaching: focusing peer assistance on teachers' developmental goals', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42 914-929 (2017) [C1]
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| 2016 |
Ross B, Carbone A, Lindsay KA, Drew S, Phelan L, Cottman C, Stoney S, 'Developing Educational goals: insights from a Peer Assisted Teaching Scheme', International Journal for Academic Development, 21 350-363 (2016) [C1]
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| 2015 |
Carbone A, Ross B, Phelan L, Lindsay K, Drew S, Stoney S, Cottman C, 'Course evaluation matters: improving students learning experiences with a peer-assisted teaching programme', Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 40 165-180 (2015) [C1] © 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. In the rapidly changing global higher education sector, greater attention is being paid to the quality of university teaching. However, acad... [more] © 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis. In the rapidly changing global higher education sector, greater attention is being paid to the quality of university teaching. However, academics have traditionally not received formal teacher training. The peer-assisted teaching programme reported on in this paper provides a structured yet flexible approach for peers to assist each other in reinvigorating and refining their teaching practice. Academics participated in this national, multi-institutional trial for varied reasons: the majority voluntarily, others to increase low student evaluation of course scores and some as part of a graduate certificate teaching qualification. Here we report on how academics used the scheme, and the teaching areas they focused on. Student evaluation of course scores increased in the majority of courses, suggesting the changes made had a positive effect on students¿ learning experiences. The experiences of the multi-institutional trial reported here may benefit others considering such a scheme to reinvigorate and refine teaching practice and improve course evaluation scores.
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| 2015 |
Lindsay KA, Kirby D, Dluzewska T, Campbell S, 'Oh, the places you'll go!: Newcastle Law School's partnership interventions for well-being in first year Law', Journal of Learning Design, 8 11-21 (2015) [C1]
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| 2008 |
Lindsay KA, 'Editor', The Newcastle Law Review, 10 (2008) [C2]
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| 2008 |
Lindsay KA, 'Editorial', The Newcastle Law Review, 10 vii (2008) [C3]
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| 2004 | Lindsay KA, 'Teaching Child Law', The Newcastle Law Review, 5 1-22 (2004) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2004 |
Lindsay KA, 'Asking for the moon? A critical assessment of Australian disability discrimination laws in promoting inclusion for students with disabilities', International Journal Inclusive Education, 8 443-444 (2004) [C1]
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| 2003 | Lindsay KA, 'The Law of Home Schooling in Australia', Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, 2003 83-93 (2003) [C2] | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Lindsay KA, 'Issues in Australian Disability Discrimination Case Law and Strategic Approaches for the Lawful Management of Inclusion', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 7, 2 141-160 (2002) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Lindsay KA, 'The New Children's Protection Legislation in NSW: Implications for Educational Professionals', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, Vol 4, No. 1 3-22 (1999) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Lindsay KA, 'Hostile Environments or "Childish Misconduct" in the "Federal Balance"?: Peer Sexual harrassment by school students in U.S. educational settings', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, Vol 4, No. 2 56-64 (1999) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Lindsay KA, 'What has age got to do with it? Discrimination in Education and Students with Disabilities', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, Vol 4, No. 1 94-101 (1999) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Lindsay KA, 'Case Note: Integration in the Spotlight', ANZ Journal of Law Education, 3 No. 1 102-108 (1998) [C2] | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Lindsay KA, 'B. Gilligan and C. Sampford (eds) Rethinking Human Rights', Newcastle Law Review, Vol 3 No.1 126-130 (1998) [C3] | ||||||||||
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Conference (8 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2014 |
Lindsay KA, Lindsay KA, Phelan L, 'A multi-institutional trial of a peer assisted teaching scheme: positive changes in course evaluation scores, (authors Carbone, A., Ross, B., Lindsay, K., Drew, S., Stoney, S., Cottman, C., Phelan, L.,)', ICED 2014 Educational Development in a Changing World, 16 June 2014 to 18 June 2014, International Consortium for Educational Development, Stockholm Sweden,, Stockholm Sweden (2014)
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| 2013 |
Cooper SA, Lindsay KA, McComb VR, 'Supporting good first year course design: The FY PATI', The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Wellington, New Zealand (2013) [E3]
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| 2012 |
McLoughlin K-RJ, Lindsay KA, 'What's hate got to do with it?: Legal and political constructions of race, indigeneity and free speech in the light of Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103', Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Hobart, Tasmania (2012) [E3]
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| 2011 | Dluzewska T, Kirby DM, Lindsay KA, 'Nothing succeeds like success: Motivating students returning to study to believe in their academic potential', 14th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2011, Fremantle, WA (2011) [E2] | ||||
| 2010 |
Campbell SA, Lindsay KA, 'Recruiting rural and remote law students: Creating aspiration and providing support in transition at Newcastle Law School', 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010, Adelaide, SA (2010) [E2]
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| 2010 | Lindsay KA, 'New ways of learning the law? Engagement and incremental learning', Rethinking Learning in Your Discipline. Proceedings of the University Learning and Teaching Futures Colloquium, 2010, Armidale, NSW (2010) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 | Lindsay KA, 'The creation of the first year law teacher: A matter of transition (diversity, engagement, design, assessment, evaluation and monitoring)?', First Year in Higher Education Conference 2009: Conference Proceedings, Townsville, QLD (2009) [E2] | ||||
| 2008 | Lindsay KA, 'Judicial biography and cultural translation?', The 6th IABA Conference. Abstracts, Honolulu, Hawaii (2008) [E3] | ||||
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Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2011 |
Maguire AM, Let The People Decide: Self-Determination, Liberation from the Colonial Experience and the Human Rights Approach, University of Newcastle (2011)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 13 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $86,310 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20111 grants / $10,000
Towards a diagnostic early warning system for disengagement by first year students$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Teaching and Learning Grants Scheme 2011 |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2011 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20104 grants / $21,962
Towards a Third Generation FYE @ UoN$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Teaching and Learning Fellowship Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Engaging Students with law reform processes: the case for the use of historical case studies$3,862
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Legal Scholarship Support Fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
First Year Experience in Australia: The Difference a Discipline Makes$2,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Legal Scholarship Support Fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
New Ways of Learning the the Law? Engagement and Incremental Learning$600
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Legal Scholarship support fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20093 grants / $43,000
Commencing Students' Perception of Early Assessment$33,000
Funding body: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
| Funding body | Australian Learning and Teaching Council |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Emeritus Professor Alison Dean, Mrs Katherine Lindsay, Doctor Kym Cowley |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | G0190148 |
| Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - Commonwealth |
| Category | 2OPC |
| UON | Y |
Strategies for Success: resources for Students in transition in the Faculty of Business and Law$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Teaching and Learning Grants Scheme 2009 |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Recruiting Rural and Remote law Students: Creating Aspiration and Providing support in transition$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Faculty of Business and Law and Legal Scholarship support fund |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20081 grants / $1,413
The 6th IABA (International Auto/Biography Association Conference, Uni of Hawaii Honolulu, 23/6/2008 - 26/6/2008$1,413
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mrs Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2008 |
| Funding Finish | 2008 |
| GNo | G0189283 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20071 grants / $5,000
Peer mentor program for First Year Law Students$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Teaching and Learning Grants Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2007 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20001 grants / $2,400
Legal Issues in Education Practice Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, USA 9-11 November 2000$2,400
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mrs Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2000 |
| Funding Finish | 2000 |
| GNo | G0180187 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
19991 grants / $2,089
45th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.$2,089
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mrs Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 1999 |
| Funding Finish | 1999 |
| GNo | G0180424 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
19981 grants / $446
Australian & New Zealand Education Law Association Conference 1998, Canberra 30 Sept - 2 Oct 1998$446
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Mrs Katherine Lindsay |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 1998 |
| Funding Finish | 1998 |
| GNo | G0180278 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2016 | PhD | Situating Women Judges on the High Court of Australia: Not Just Men in Skirts? | PhD (Politics), Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2011 | PhD | 'Let the People Decide' Self-Determination, Liberation From the Colonial Experience and the Human Rights Approach | PhD (Law), Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2011 | PhD | The Larrakia Treaty Petitions: Australia's Legal Response to Aboriginal Demands for a Treaty | PhD (Aboriginal Studies), The Wollotuka Institute, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2011 | PhD | The Larrakia Treaty Petitions: Australia's Legal Response to Aboriginal Demands for a Treaty | PhD (Aboriginal Studies), Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2009 | Masters | The Great Re-Freezing? Requirements for Establishing Native Title in Post-Yorta Yorta Jurisprudence | M Philosophy (Law), Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2002 | Masters | Law & Aboriginal Land Claims in Australia - Justice in Black and White | M Philosophy (Law) [R], The Wollotuka Institute, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2002 | Masters | Law & Aboriginal Land Claims in Australia - Justice in Black and White | M Philosophy (Law) [R], Faculty of Business and Law, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Mrs Katherine Lindsay
Positions
Senior Lecturer
Newcastle Law School
Faculty of Business and Law
Casual Academic
Newcastle Law School
Faculty of Business and Law
Contact Details
| katherine.lindsay@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 5872 |
| Fax | (02) 4921 6931 |
Office
| Room | X-544 |
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| Building | NeW Space |
| Location | City Campus , |
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