Stephen Colbran

Biography

"Professor of Law, University of New England Dean, School of Law, University of New England Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Planning and Renewal, University of New England  Professor Stephen Colbran joined the School of Business and Law in June 2012 and was previously a DVC and Dean of Law at the University of New England. Professor Colbran’s teaching interests include Information Technology Law, Legal Ethics, Trust Accounting and Professional Responsibility, and Civil Procedure. Professor Colbran’s research interests include: Software development, Software licensing, Web 2.0 Teaching methodologies, Civil Procedure, The Judiciary, Information Technology Law, the use of information technology in teaching law, and applying social science research methodologies to legal issues. Professor Colbran is the creator of the Australian Law Postgraduate Network (ALPN) www.alpn.edu.au, a major legal networking website linking academics, researchers and students and ReMarksPDF www.remarkspdf.com, an enterprise level e-grading system."

Research Interest

Relevant skills: • Expert in on-line education and teaching technologies • Teaching law using technology • Project management • Agile software development • Business process mapping • Entity relationship mapping and logical designs for software development • Contract negotiation, drafting and legal skills • Intellectual property law • Quality Assurance • Animation • iTunesU and iBook Author