Ms Francine Feld

Lecturer, School of Law

LLB, BA Syd     Contact details

Career Profile

Francine graduated from the University of Sydney as a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Philosophy) and a Bachelor of Laws. She joined UWS in 1997, after a stint as a judge's associate at the Federal Court of Australia and the (then) Industrial Relations Court of Australia. Prior to that she taught in the Law Faculty at the University of Wollongong. She has also held positions in legal practice, legal research and courts administration.

Awards and Recognition

Awards

  • 2007, Lecturer of the Year Award, UWS Law Students' Association
  • 2006, Life Member Award, UWS Law Students' Association
  • 2004, Lecturer of the Year, UWS Law Students' Association
  • 2001, Award for Excellence in Teaching, UWS College of Business and Law

Grants

  • UWS Learning and Teaching Action Plan - pilot projects in blended learning
  • UWS Learning and Teaching Action Plan - incorporation of indigenous perspectives in the LLB curriculum
  • UWS Community Engagement Seed Grant – clinical training programme with Aboriginal Legal Service
  • Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales - with Robert Hayes to develop Civil Dispute Resolution training kit.
  • Academic Service Learning grant for the development of a clinical legal education program between the School of Law and the Macarthur Legal Centre (with Michael Brogan)
  • Motor Accidents Authority of New South Wales - with Robert Hayes to develop Advocacy training kit.

Interests

Learning and Teaching Interests

  • Evidence and Criminal Procedure
  • Criminal Law
  • Comparative Law
  • Jurisprudence

Research Interests

  • Comparative Criminal Procedure
  • Evidence
  • Legal Ethics
  • Computer Forensics
  • Legal Education

Engagement Interests

  • Editor, University of Western Sydney Law Review (2007- present)
  • Australian Legal Philosophy Students' Association National Academic Board Member (2005-present)
  • Professional Conduct Committee, Bar Association of New South Wales, Academic Member (2000-2006),
  • Management Committee, Macarthur Legal Centre (2003-2005)

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Publications

  • Hayes, R A and F L Feld, Advocacy Training Kit, (University of Western Sydney Law Students' Society, 2006)
  • Feld, F L and M C Brogan, "Enquiry-based Learning and the Marginalisation of Theory in Legal Education" Proceedings of the Conference on Learning Based on the Process of Enquiry, (University of Manchester,2004).
  • Feld, F L, "The Tampa Case: Seeking Refuge in Domestic Law" (2002) 8(1)Australian Journal of Human Rights 157
  • Feld, F L, "Summary Offences" in Local Court Criminal Practice,(Butterworths, 1999)
  • Feld, F L, "Property Offences" in Local Court Criminal Practice,(Butterworths, 1999)
  • Feld, F L, Review of Legal Studies Courses in Australia,Law Foundation of New South Wales (1992) -monograph
  • Feld, F L and R Gormly, "Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539: Doubts Concerning the Ratio Decidendi" (1990) Sydney Law Review 638

Conferences

Recent Conference Papers

Feld, F L, "Responding to the challenges of contemporary legal education: Indigenous issues in the LLB curriculum", College of Business and Law International Research Symposium, University of Western Sydney, November 2007.

Feld, F L, "Apology in the Criminal Process: Australia and Japan", Australasian Law Teachers'Association Conference, Perth, September 2007.

Hayes, R A and F L Feld, "R v Taufahema: Extending the Doctrine of Extended Common Purpose", Australian Law Teachers' Perth, September 2007.

Feld, F L, "Contrition and Adversarial Criminal Justice", Second Meiji University "“UWS Research and Teaching Symposium, University of Western Sydney, November 2006.She has a special interest in Elder Law. 

Brogan M C and Feld F L, "Law Teaching in Australia", the inaugural Meiji University "“ UWS Research and Teaching Symposium, Meiji University, Tokyo, November 2005.

Dowsett, Justice J (Federal Court of Australia) and Feld, F L, "Opinion Evidence", Judicial Conference of Australia, April 2005.