Critical Legal Education as a Subversive Activity

In an age when everyone aspires to teach critical thinking skills in the classroom, what does it mean to be a subversive law teacher? Who or what might a subversive law teacher seek to subvert - the authority of the law, the university, their own authority as teachers, perhaps?

Helen Gibbon is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where she is Director of the LLB Program.

Ben Golder is a Professor (and a former Associate Dean of Education) in the Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, Australia. He teaches subjects on legal theory, law and social theory, public law, and the politics of human rights.

Lucas Lixinski is a Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, Australia.

Marina Nehme is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW, Australia, and a Fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy.

Prue Vines is Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW, Australia, and an Emeritus Fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy.