Professor Natalie Skead has been Dean of the UWA Law School since 2017.
Natalie’s principal research and teaching areas are Property, Land Law and Equity and Trusts. She completed her doctorate on the proprietary implications of Australian proceeds of crime legislation. She is a prolific researcher with an extensive publication record in Property, Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime, Equity and Trusts, Legal Education and Wellbeing in Law.
Natalie is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, Chair of the Australian Law Academics Association, Deputy Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans, Associate Editor of the Legal Education Review and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2011 she received a national citation for her outstanding contribution to student learning and in 2017 she was the recipient of the national award for teaching excellence in law.
Prior to joining the academy, Natalie practiced as a solicitor for over ten years specialising in Corporate Finance, Commercial Litigation, Property and Securities.
Equipping Our Law Students for Post-law School Success
Abstract:
In recent years the legal education discourse has been dominated by calls for law schools to prepare law graduates better for an ever-, and quickly, evolving future in the law: to produce ‘job-ready’ graduates. But what does this really mean? How is legal practice changing, if at all? And what, if anything, should law schools and law teachers be doing to adapt to these changes?
This paper draws on the author’s research and many years of law teaching and legal education leadership to explore the knowledge, skills, attributes and values law graduates need to transition successfully and confidently from law school into their chosen careers. It provides insight into what we as law teachers can do to support our students and help them flourish, both during and after their law school journey.