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University of Otago

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Associate Professor Selene Mize earned a BSc from Northwestern University and a JD from Stanford Law School. She practiced law in the United States before joining the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago, where she has served for over 40 years. Initially appointed as a lecturer, she advanced to Senior Lecturer and then Associate Professor. Mize is celebrated for her exceptional teaching in legal ethics, civil liberties, negotiation, and mediation. She coordinates courses such as LAWS330 Legal Ethics, LAWS454 Negotiation, LAWS446 Mediation, and LAWS405 Civil Liberties and the Private Sector. Her innovative approaches include flipped classroom techniques and computer-based examining. Mize has coached University of Otago student teams to victories in international negotiation and client counseling competitions, and she hosted the Brown Mosten International Client Counseling Competition in Dunedin in 2001. For her sustained excellence over more than 20 years, she received the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching in 2009, along with recognition as an AKO Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awardee.