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Mrs Lillian Corbin

Lillian Corbin

Associate Professor, School of Law

Qualifications

LLB (Hons); BBus; Graduate Certificate in Higher Education; Doctor of Philosophy

Contact

Email:
Room: W38 Room LG9
Phone: 02 6773 5069 (or +61 2 6773 5069 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 2580

Lillian Corbin was previously a member of the Griffith Law School and more recently La Trobe Law School.  She holds a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Business and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education.  She also has a PhD on the topic of the meaning of Professionalism in Australia, a thesis that reported on an empirical study of the role of both legal and accounting practitioners as compared to the perspective of students studying into those disciplines.

Lillian has a keen interest in Legal Education and a developing interest in teaching with technology.  She also researches in the area of Legal Ethics and lawyer regulation.

Publications

Books

  1. Lillian Corbin, L. ‘Redefining Professionalism in a Legal and Accounting Marketplace’,  Lambert Publishing (2010)
  2. Baker, D., Blay, S., Corbin, L. and Gibson, A., Torts Law: in principle, 3rd ed., Lawbook Co. (2002).

Edited Books

  1. Kieran Tranter, Francesca Bartlett, Lillian Corbin, Mike Robertson and Reid Mortensen (eds) Reaffirming Legal Ethics: Taking Stock and New Ideas (London: Routledge, 2010).
  2. Mike Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter and Francesca Bartlett (eds) The Ethics Project in Legal Education (London: Routledge, 2010).

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Paula Baron and Lillian Corbin, ‘Student engagement: rhetoric and reality’ (2012) Higher Education Research & Development (first published online: 22 June 2012).
  2. Paula Baron and Lillian Corbin (2012): Thinking like a lawyer/acting like a professional: communities of practice as a means of challenging orthodox legal education, (2012) 46(2) The Law Teacher, 100-119.
  3. Lillian Corbin, Kylie Burns and April Chrzanowski, 'If you teach it, will they come?  Law Students, class attendance and student engagement' (2010) 20 Legal Education Review, 33.
  4. Lillian Corbin and Justin Carter, ‘Adding Value for Lawyers, Clients, and the Public: The Business Benefits of Ethically-Informed Practice’  (2009) 28 (2) The University of Queensland Law Journal 291
  5. Kieran Tranter and Lillian Corbin, ‘Lawyers, Clients and Friends: A Case Study of the Vexed Nature of Friendship and Lawyering’, (2008) 11 (1) Legal Ethics, 67-84.
  6. Lillian Corbin and Justin Carter, ‘Is Plagiarism Indicative of Prospective Legal Practice?’ (2007) 17 (No 1 & 2) Legal Education Review, 53-66.
  7. Lillian Corbin, ‘How “Firm” are lawyers’ perceptions of professionalism?’, (2005) 8 (2) Legal Ethics, 265-290.
  8. Michael Robertson and Lillian Corbin,  ‘To enable or to relieve? Specialist lawyers’ perceptions of client involvement in legal service delivery’, (2005) 12 (1) International Journal of the Legal Profession, 121-143
  9. Lillian Corbin, ‘Learning in cyberspace: Succession Law online’, (2004) 11 (1) ELaw, 1-9,
  10. Michael Robertson and Lillian Corbin,  ‘Is Client Participation an Advantage or a Disservice?’ (2003) 23 Queensland Lawyer 182.
  11. Lillian Corbin, ‘Teaching Business Law to Non-Law Students’, (2002) 9 (No 1) E Law.
  12. Lillian Corbin, ‘Professionalism Redefined – more than ethics’ (2001) 26 (No 3) Alternative Law Journal, 137.
  13. Marlene Le Brun, J. Goldring, J. with Nagaraj, V and Corbin, L., ‘Exporting Australian Legal Education to India: A “Train-the-Trainers” Workshop for Indian Law Teachers, (1998) 9 (No 1) Legal Education Review, 101.

Affiliations

Australian Law Teachers Association

Areas of Teaching

LS320 Professional Conduct

Law in Context; Contract; Torts; Succession Law; Introduction to Public Law

Research interests

Legal Ethics; Legal Education; Lawyer/client relations

Currently contracted to Oxford University Press to write a book with co-author Paula Baron - Lawyering as Solving Problems: Ethics and Legal Professionalism in Australia, Oxford University Press, (forthcoming)