International Conference on the Future of Legal Education

Sally Kift

Sally Kift is a Professor of Law at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia (QUT). Over 2006-2007, she has been seconded to the QUT Chancellery as the institution’s Director, First Year Experience Project. From 2001-2006, she served as Assistant Dean, Teaching & Learning in the QUT Faculty of Law. Sally was a recipient of a National Teaching Award in 2003, winning the Australian Award for University Teaching (AAUT) in Economics, Business, Law and Related Studies. Amongst other things, that award acknowledged her work in first year curriculum design, support for sessional teaching staff, enhancing the student experience and the development of graduate attributes in core curriculum. In 2006, Sally was awarded one of three inaugural national Carrick Institute Senior Fellowships for a project entitled, Articulating a transition pedagogy to scaffold and to enhance the first year learning experience in Australian higher education. In 2007, a Project Team that she led was awarded a further Carrick Institute National Teaching Award for the QUT Law Faculty’s Assessment and Feedback practices.