Mundy, Patricia Professor
Dean and Head, School of Law, Faculty of Business and Law
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Legal Intersections Research Centre
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School of Law
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Faculty of Business and Law
Overview
Overview
Professor Trish Mundy is Dean of the School of Law, Faculty Business and Law, at the University of Wollongong. Professor Mundy has previously served in many capacities including as Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty and Law Discipline Leader.
Professor Mundy’s principal research interests include issues of gender justice and the advancement of women within the legal profession; legal ethics and professional responsibility; rural and regional legal practice and access to law and justice. With Professor Nan Seuffert, and in partnership with the Women Lawyer’s Association of New South Wales, she has undertaken research on ‘best practices’ for the advancement of women in the legal profession. She has also undertaken (with Seuffert) an evaluation of the YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention Service in Nowra, and is currently engaged in a qualitative research project investigating lawyers’ transition to legal practice in rural, regional and remote communities in Australia. Prior to academia, Trish practiced for over 10 years within the community legal sector.
Current key research projects:
- Evaluation of Pop In Southern Highlights
- See Change: Early Career Lawyers in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
- Online Legal Education: Current and Future
- Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession: Best Practices
- Role of a Law Student Pledge in shaping positive professional and ethical identities
Affiliation
Member Of
- Legal Profession Admission Board Member 2022 -
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales Academic Member 2018 -
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, Wollongong Chapter, Committee Member 2016 -
- Wollongong Academy for Tertiary Teaching & Learning Excellence, UOW Senior Fellow 2014 -
- Legal Intersection Research Centre Member 2012 - 2019
- Law Society of New South Wales, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Member 2017
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales Executive Committee Member 2016 - 2017
Publications
Selected Publications
Editor Of
Funding
Investigator On
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Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Community Road Safety Grants | |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Community Grants - Impact Grant |
Other Research Activities
- UOW Global Challenges: Driving Change: Options for Driving Retirement among over 75 age groups Co-investigator 2018 - 2020
- Faculty Challenge Grant: From Law Student to Rural Lawyer: Exploring Professional Identity Development in Rural Legal Practice Contexts Primary Investigator 2017 - 2019
- Australian Office of Learning and Teaching: Rethinking Law Curriculum: developing strategies to prepare law graduates for practice in rural and regional Australia Co-Investigator 2012 - 2013
Supervision
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy A Comparative Analysis of the Recognition and Regulation De Facto Relationships in Australia and South Africa and the legal framework that applies upon termination of such relationships Vrey, Alida Doctor of Philosophy Incorporated Legal Character: Is there a Moral to this Story? Murray, Karina
Background
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Law, Griffith University, School of Law 2009 - 2012
- The College of Law, The College of Law, Practice Management Course 2000
- LL.B. in Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Faculty of Law 1995 - 1998
- Kuring gai College of Advanced Education, Associate Diploma in Community Organisations (Management) 1989
Awards And Honors
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-742X (confirmed)
Overview
Research Areas
Affiliation
Member Of
- Legal Profession Admission Board Member 2022 -
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales Academic Member 2018 -
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, Wollongong Chapter, Committee Member 2016 -
- Wollongong Academy for Tertiary Teaching & Learning Excellence, UOW Senior Fellow 2014 -
- Legal Intersection Research Centre Member 2012 - 2019
- Law Society of New South Wales, Diversity & Inclusion Committee Member 2017
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales Executive Committee Member 2016 - 2017
Publications
Selected Publications
Editor Of
Funding
Investigator On
| Year | Title |
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Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Community Road Safety Grants | |
Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Community Grants - Impact Grant |
Other Research Activities
- UOW Global Challenges: Driving Change: Options for Driving Retirement among over 75 age groups Co-investigator 2018 - 2020
- Faculty Challenge Grant: From Law Student to Rural Lawyer: Exploring Professional Identity Development in Rural Legal Practice Contexts Primary Investigator 2017 - 2019
- Australian Office of Learning and Teaching: Rethinking Law Curriculum: developing strategies to prepare law graduates for practice in rural and regional Australia Co-Investigator 2012 - 2013
Supervision
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy A Comparative Analysis of the Recognition and Regulation De Facto Relationships in Australia and South Africa and the legal framework that applies upon termination of such relationships Vrey, Alida Doctor of Philosophy Incorporated Legal Character: Is there a Moral to this Story? Murray, Karina
Background
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Law, Griffith University, School of Law 2009 - 2012
- The College of Law, The College of Law, Practice Management Course 2000
- LL.B. in Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Faculty of Law 1995 - 1998
- Kuring gai College of Advanced Education, Associate Diploma in Community Organisations (Management) 1989
Awards And Honors
Identity
Orcid Id
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0490-742X (confirmed)
