Molly T. O'Brien

ANU College of Law

Associate Professor

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Territory 0200

Australia

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Developing a Professional Identity in Law School: A View from Australia

Phoenix Law Review, Vol. 4, pp. 19-50, 2010, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 11-07
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Apr 2011
Kath Hall, Molly T. O'Brien and Stephen Tang
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Legal education, psychology, wellbeing, depression, stress, anxiety, identity, pedagogy, adversarialism, empathy, resilience

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No Time to Lose: Negative Impact on Law Student Wellbeing May Begin in Year One

The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol. 2, No.2, pp. 49-60, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 11-34
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2011
Molly T. O'Brien, Stephen Tang and Kath Hall
ANU College of Law, ANU College of Law and ANU College of Law
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law student, wellbeing, curriculum, psychological distress, legal education, thinking style, depression, stress

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Facing Down the Gladiators: Addressing Law School’s Hidden Adversarial Curriculum

Monash University Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-01
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Changing Our Thinking: Empirical Research on Law Student Wellbeing, Thinking Styles and the Law Curriculum

Legal Education Review, Vol. 21, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper 12-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2013
Molly T. O'Brien, Stephen Tang and Kath Hall
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The Constitutional Common School

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Nov 2003
Molly T. O'Brien and Amanda K. Woodrum
ANU College of Law and University of Akron - School of Law
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schools, school systems, state constitutional law, common schools, "thorough and efficient system" of common schools, education, educational history, state constitutional history, Ohio constitutional history, history of education, charter schools, voucher schools, separation of church and state, religion in schools

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At the Intersection of Public Policy and Private Process: Court-Ordered Mediation and the Remedial Process in School Funding Litigation

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Nov 2003
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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dispute resolution, mediation, institutional reform litigation, school finance, court-ordered mediation, remedies, structural reform litigation

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Jury Reform is Coming: Making the Most of Trial Practice Changes

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Feb 2005
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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trial practice, trial advocacy, jury, jury reform, juror, litigation process, legal procedure, trial strategy

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Using Assessment Practice to Evaluate the Legal Skills Curriculum

Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2008, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-38
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Molly T. O'Brien and John Littrich
ANU College of Law and University of Wollongong
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curriculum reform, assessment, legal skills, curriculum review, hidden curriculum, review of assessment practices, law school, legal education

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Exploring the Group-Identity Function of Criminal Law

ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 08-39
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2008
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Brown on the Ground: A Journey of Faith in Schooling

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Nov 2004
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Education, public schools, Brown v. Board of Education, social change, race, racism

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An Active Learning Smorgasbord for Teaching Evidence

Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-03
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Walking the Walk: Using Student-Faculty Dialogue to Change an Adversarial Curriculum

Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 2011, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 12-02
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Essay Review: Final Test and Class and Schools

Educational Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 77-83, 2006
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Oct 2008
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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achievement gap, school reform, educational equity, educational reform, education finance, educational rights, Brown v. Board of Education, education rights, education litigation

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The Learning Journey: Please Take Me with You

Adelaide Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, 2014, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 14-42
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2015
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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teaching research nexus, learning journey, collaboration

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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Promoting Cooperation and Sustainability

Old Issues – New Perspectives, D. A. Frenkel (ed.) (2018) ATINER Institute for Education and Research. Athens: Greece. ISBN 978-960-598-174-7, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 18-12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Oct 2018
Molly T. O'Brien and Charles Lineweaver
ANU College of Law and Research School of Earth Sciences
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Global cooperation; teaching about sustainable development; sustainable development goals; low entropy energy sources

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Desegregation and the Struggle for Equal Schooling: Rolling the Rock of Sisyphus

OUR PROMISE: ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN, pp. 3 - 24, Maurice R. Dyson & Daniel B. Weddle, eds., Carolina Academic Press, 2009, ANU College of Law Research Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2010
Molly T. O'Brien
ANU College of Law
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Civil rights, US School Desegregation, US Constitution, Equal Protection

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Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials 4th Edition Alternative Dispute Resolution

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2010
Molly T. O'Brien and Kath Hall
ANU College of Law and ANU College of Law

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