Marcelle Burns
Fields of Research (FoR 2020)
- 18 450518 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law
- 13 450509 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law
- 13 450514 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legislation
- 1 480409 Legal education
- 1 480410 Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation
- 1 480505 Legal practice, lawyering and the legal profession
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO 2020)
- 15 230499 Justice and the law not elsewhere classified
- 2 160399 Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified
- 2 219999 Other Indigenous not elsewhere classified
- 1 160301 Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum
- 1 169999 Other education and training not elsewhere classified
- 1 230399 International relations not elsewhere classified
- 1 230405 Law reform
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO 2008)
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Marcelle Burns
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Burns, Marcelle
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Lecturer in Law
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Biography
Marcelle Burns is a Gomeroi-Kamilaroi first nations’ woman and lecturer at the School of Law, University of New England (UNE). She has over twenty years’ experience in the field of Indigenous peoples and law, working as both as a lawyer and academic. Her legal professional experience includes working as a solicitor with the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, the Legal Aid Commission of NSW, and in private practice assisting in native title and land rights claims. As an academic she has contributed to developing Indigenous inclusive legal curriculum at UNE, Queensland University of Technology and Southern Cross University. Her main research interests include the recognition of First Nations in international and domestic laws, and the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and cultural competency in legal education. From 2015-2018 she was the Project Leader for the Indigenous Cultural Competency for Legal Academics Program, funded by the Australian Government Department of Education of Training. Marcelle is also a member of the National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium and the Friends of Myall Creek Memorial (Armidale Branch). Marcelle’s contributions to Indigenous legal education, research and legal practice were recognised by her being awarded Southern Cross University’s School of Law and Justice Alumnus of the Year in 2017. She also received the 2018 School of Law and Faculty Award for Teaching and Learning Research for her work on Indigenous cultural competency in legal education.
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School of Law
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Faculty of Science, Ag, Business and Law
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School of Law
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