Mr Michael Brogan

Senior Lecturer, School of Law

LLM, LLB, BA(Hons), GCertTeachLearnHEd Contact details

Career Profile

Michael was a foundation member of the School of Law when it was established on Campbelltown campus in 1994. Michael is a Senior Lecturer within the School but is currently on secondment as the inaugural College of Business Teaching Fellow. In addition to UWS Michael has taught law at Macquarie University, the University of Wollongong and the University of Technology Sydney. Prior to his academic career in the School of Law Michael worked in tertiary education and the entertainment industry.

Recognition

  • Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  • Admitted as a Barrister of the High Court of Australia
  • A Justice of the Peace for the State of New South Wales
  • Visiting Fellow, Division of Law, Macquarie University
  • Individual Teaching Excellence Award, College of Law and Business, UWS
  • Life Member, Law Students Association, UWS

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics
  • Criminal Law
  • Restorative Justice and Dispute Resolution
  • Scholarship of learning and teaching

Engagement and Governance 

Michael is currently: 

  • Member, Professional Conduct Committee, Law Society of New South Wales
  • Member, Disclosures Committee, Law Society of New South Wales
  • Forum Facilitator, Appointed by the Attorney General of NSW
  • President, School Council, Blackheath Public School
  • President, Blackheath Area Men's Shed
  • Working Party Member, UWS Review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
  • Academic Course Advisor, School of Law, UWS
  • Advocate, Sporting Tribunals

Previously, Michael has served as President of the Macarthur Legal Centre, acted as a judge and coach in the Law Society of NSW Mock Trial Competition, acted as Director of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Law, served on a variety of university committees, including being the 'Lawyer' on the UWS Human Research Ethics Committee. 

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Publications

Aside from book reviews and conference papers presented in Australia, Canada, the USA, Japan and Europe, Michael’s publications include:

  • Susan Armstrong, Marnie Campbell and Michael Brogan (2009) Interventions to Enhance the Student Experience of a First Year Law Degree: what they really wanted, 2 Journal of the Australian Law Teachers Association 135-148, ISSN 1836-5620 (print)
  • Brogan, M., & Spencer, D., Surviving Law School, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2008
  • Spencer, D., & Brogan, M., Mediation Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2007
  • Wilson, G., Chan, S. & Brogan, M. (2005) Forging partnerships that support curriculum renewal, Proceedings of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) Conference 2004, Ottawa, Canada
  • Brogan, M., & Spencer, D., Surviving Law School, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, May 2004.
  • Gleeson, W., Brogan, M., Thiering, N., & Hayes, M., Heinemann 2 Unit HSC Legal Studies, (3rd ed), Heinemann, Melbourne, 2004.
  • Feld, F., & Brogan, M., Enquiry-based learning and the marginalisation of theoretical issues in legal education, Learning Based on the Process of Enquiry: Procedings of the 1-2 September 2003 Conference, pp22-37, Manchester, England, September 2003
  • Gleeson, W., Brogan, M., Siow, V., Thiering, N., & Hayes, M.,Heinemann 2 Unit Preliminary HSC Legal Studies, (3rd ed), Heinemann, Melbourne, 2003.
  • Local Court Criminal Practice New South Wales, Butterworths, 1999-2003. This is a continuing loose-leaf service updated quarterly and available online. Michael was a foundation author and the work’s designer.
  • Brogan, M., Ejsak, T., Siow, V., & Foley, T., Heinemann 2 Unit HSC Legal Studies (2nd ed.), Heinemann, Melbourne, 2000.
  • Brogan, M., Siow, V., & Ejsak, T., Heinemann 2 Unit Preliminary HSC Legal Studies (2nd ed.), Heinemann, Melbourne, 2000.
  • Brogan, M., Thiering, N., & Zoppo, M., Heinemann 2 Unit HSC Legal Studies, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1996.
  • Brogan, M., Gleeson, W., & Thiering, N., Heinemann 2 Unit Preliminary HSC Legal Studies, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1996.
  • Brogan, M., Teaching legal professional responsibility and ethics to law students, Focus on Ethics: The Newsletter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Academics Ethics Network, December 1996.
  • Constantinidis, S., Brogan, M., Iqubal, R., & Thiering, N., Heinemann 3 Unit HSC Legal Studies, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1995.
  • Brogan, M., Legal Practitioners as Teachers: The Experiences of a Mock Trial Coach, The Law Society Journal of NSW, December 1995.

Grants

Various teaching grants including:

  • Michael Brogan, Susan Armstrong & Marnie Campbell (2007) First Year Advisors in the First Year Law Program, UWS Learning and Teaching Action Plan ($20,000)