Bronwyn Olliffe

Associate Dean
(Teaching & Learning)

BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), LLM (UTS), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Academic Profile

Bronwyn Olliffe joined the Faculty in 1996 from the College of Law. Prior to the College, she had been in private practice.

Bronwyn has a strong background in legal education and took a lead role in the development of the UTS Practical Legal Training Program (PLT). She was Director of the Program 1999- 2001. In recent years, she has taught principally in the area of Property Transactions.

From 2003 - 2006, Bronwyn was the University Student Ombudsman and in 2006 was the Faculty's Academic Liaison Officer and in 2005 - 2007 the Faculty's Director (Students).

In these roles, Bronwyn has kept close contact with the changing role of universities as providers of professional training; the changing expectations and circumstances of students; and the demands of the Profession upon young graduates. This experience is her appointment as Steering Committee member of the current curriculum review of the UTS Law programs.

Current Research Activities

Role and experience of the Independent Adjudicator in Higher Education in the UK

Practical Legal Training programs in the UK
(see University of Westminister)

Pending Publication

Professional Conduct: Legal Accounting (to be published in late 2006)