She worked in the City of London for a couple of years after her first degree and then returned to academia. Michele came to Flinders after being based at the Norwich Law School at the University of East Anglia and then the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She has lectured and researched in the areas of property law, housing law and access to law for over twenty years and has published widely both in academic and practitioner journals. She has also acted as a consultant to South Australian government Working Parties on tenancy dispute processes and boarding house law reform.