Ms Rachel Spencer

Rachel completed her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Adelaide University in 1985/6, following which she held a variety of legal positions with well known organisations together with teaching English as a Foreign Language in Paris, France and Shropshire, England. She gained her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 1990 and was appointed a Senior Associate at Kelly & Co followed by a period as Corporate Solicitor for Austereo Ltd. In 1998, Rachel was appointed Director of Practical Legal Training at the School of Law at Flinders University. In 2003 she took leave from Flinders to fill the position of Corporate Counsel for the Orlando Wyndham Group. Rachel was appointed as Director of Professional Programs at the University of South Australia School of Law in July, 2009.

• Professional Conduct & Legal Ethics
• Clinical Legal Education
• Civil Litigation
• Work Integrated Learning
• Professional Writing Skills and Legal Drafting
• Legal Skills (Interviewing, Negotiation, Drafting, Advocacy)

Law Society of South Australia

Australian Law Teachers Association

Australian Collaborative Education Network

BA(Adel; LLB(Adel); GDLP(SAIT); LLM(Adel).

• Work Integrated Learning & Practical Legal Skills
• Professional Conduct & Legal Ethics
• Law and Literature
• Clinical Legal Education
• Access to Justice
• Lawyers and Popular Media

The work-life balance cliche: An ethical issue, Law Society Bulletin, October 2009.

Property Law Practice: A Handbook for Lawyers and Conveyancers, Presidian Legal Publications, 2009.

Your Place or Mine? Evaluating the perspectives of the PLT work experience placement through the eyes of the supervisors and the students, International Education Journal, 2007, 8(2), 365-376. ISSN 1443-1475; http://iej.com.au

Your Place or Mine? Evaluating the perspectives of the Practical Legal Training work experience Placement through the eyes of the supervisors and the students, Law Society Bulletin, July 2007.

From Atticus Finch to Dennis Denuto: Using Popular Media to Teach Legal Skills & Ethics, published conference papers, Australian Law Teachers Association: http://www.alta.edu.au/2006_published_conference_papers.html

Elegance and Relevance: Plain English from a Student Perspective, LSP and Professional Communication, Volume 6, Number 2, October 2006. ISSN 1601-1929

Skills Teaching at Flinders: Teaching Legal Skills – an integrated program, (2002) Flinders Journal of Law Reform.

The Adelaide Magistrates Court Legal Advice Clinic – An intimate look into how it was set up and how it operates, (2002) Newcastle Law Review Volume 6 No 2.

Teaching Cross Cultural Issues in PLT, Continuing Legal Education Association of Australasia newsletter, August 2002.

PLT – The wheel has turned and is gaining momentum, Law Society Bulletin, July 2001.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Law

• Legal ethics
• Legal education
• Interaction between lawyers and media
• Civil Procedure
• Access to Justice