Nick James has been teaching Business Law since 1996. He is a Professor within the Faculty of Law at Bond University, where he is also the Deputy Dean and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning). He received the University of Queensland Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004, a National Carrick Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2007, and a UQ Citation for Programs that Enhance Learning in 2010. He is the Editor in Chief of the Legal Education Review, and the author of three textbooks — Business Law, Critical Legal Thinking and - The New Lawyer  (with Rachael Field) — as well as numerous journal articles, conference papers and book chapters in the areas of legal education, critical thinking and critical legal theory.