Rate My Professor Ted Wright

Emeritus Professor Ted Wright, a senior academic with Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle, Australia, holds degrees including a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge (UK), Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto (Canada), and Bachelor of Laws from Dalhousie University (Canada). His career includes leadership roles such as Dean of Law and Head of School at the University of Newcastle from November 2001 to December 2012, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law in 2001, Acting Dean from November to December 2001, and Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Business and Law on multiple occasions from December 2005 to March 2006. He has served on the Faculty of Business and Law Executive, the University's Discipline Committee, and as Oz Reader for the Australian Research Council since 2003. Other key appointments encompass Director of the Law Foundation of New South Wales Justice Research Centre (March 1996 to December 2000), Visiting Associate Professor at the University of New England Law School (September 1994 to February 1996), Advisor to the Australian Law Reform Commission (September 1994 to September 1995), Law Reform Commissioner of Victoria (April 1991 to November 1992), Member of the Commonwealth Access to Justice Advisory Committee (November 1993 to May 1994), Lecturer at the University of Melbourne School of Law (July 1984 to October 1990), Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law (July 1983 to June 1984), Research Consultant for the Law Council of Australia (January 2005 to May 2006), Research Consultant for the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (January 2001 onwards), and Consultant for the Asian Development Bank (January to December 2009).

Professor Wright's research specializations are Contract Law, Legal Profession, Courts and Procedure. His major publications include books such as Contract Law of the People's Republic of China with the Judicial Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court (Bilingual Version) (2012, with X. Sun and M.P. Ellinghaus), Models of Contract Law: An Empirical Evaluation of Their Utility (2005, with M.P. Ellinghaus and M. Karras), Case Management Reform: An Evaluation of the District Court of NSW and County Court of Victoria 1996 Reforms (2003, with A. Eyland, M. Karras and N. Nheu), Case Management Reform: A Study of the Federal Court's Individual Docket System (2002, with C.M. Sage and C. Morris), and Legal Aid for Committals: An Evaluation of the Impact of the Centralised Committals Scheme (2001, with A. Eyland and N. Nheu). Key journal articles are "National Trends in Personal Injury Litigation: Before and After 'Ipp'" (Torts Law Journal, 2006) and "The Common Law of Contracts: Are Broad Principles Better Than Detailed Rules? An Empirical Investigation" (Texas Wesleyan Law Review, 2005, with M.P. Ellinghaus). Additional contributions include the chapter "Hey, But Who's Counting? The Metrics and Politics of Trends in Civil Litigation" (2004, with A.L. Melville), conference papers such as "The Effect of Rule Determinacy on Deciding Contract Disputes: Experimental Data and Network Simulation" (2011), and the report "Reforming Pacific Contract Law" (2009, with M.P. Ellinghaus). He has taught Contract Law, Professional Conduct, Legal System & Method, Advanced Contracts, Property Law 1, Civil Procedure, Torts, and Principles of Judicial Administration at the University of Newcastle, University of Melbourne, University of New England, and University of Victoria (Canada). Wright is a nominated member of the International Association of Procedural Law.