School of Law: Law School Staff - Kathy Mack

Kathy Mack
BA(Rice), JD(Stanford), LLM(Adel)

Professor
Postgraduate Student Conciliator

Kathy joined the Law School in 1996 from the University of Adelaide. Previously, she practised law in California . Her interests are courts and judicial officers, dispute resolution, feminist legal theory, evidence, legal education and criminal procedure. Kathy has been involved with the skills programmes in the LLB/LP, especially in the first year. In 1997 she won a grant from the national committee for University Teaching and Staff Development which assisted the law school to develop ways to encourage students to become more reflective learners, especially in relation to practical skills. Publications include a monograph on court-connected alternative dispute resolution as well as articles on gender bias and the judiciary, legal education, and feminist perspectives on evidence and proof. She has written a book and articles (co-authored with Professor Sharyn Roach-Anleu) examining discussions and agreements leading to guilty pleas. Kathy in collaboration with Professor Sharyn Roach-Anelue is currently engaged in a national research project examining the changing role of the magistrates court and a national socio-legal study of the Australian judiciary as a whole. This research has been funded by an ARC Linkage-Project Grant, with all magistrates courts and the Association of Australian Magistrates as industry partners, and an ARC Discovery Grant.

Publications

Books and Monographs

Kathy Mack, Court Referral to ADR: Criteria and Research Australian Institute of Judicial Administration 2003 117pp

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu, Pleading Guilty: Issues and Practices Australian Institute of Judicial Administration 1995 200pp

Edited Collection

Margaret Davies and Kathy Mack, eds, Feminist Legal Academics Workshop, Special Issue 2004 Australian Feminist Law Journal

Book Chapters

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu "Resolution without Trial, Evidence Law and the Construction of the Sexual Assault Victim" in Childs and Ellison eds, Feminist Perspectives on the Law of Evidence Cavendish UK 2000 pp 125-148

Articles

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu “The Security of Tenure of Australian Magistrates” (2006) 30 Melbourne University Law Review  (in press)

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu “ ‘Getting through the List’: Judgecraft and Legitimacy in the Lower Courts”  (2007) Social and Legal Studies (UK) (accepted for publication)

Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack “Magistrates, Magistrates Courts and Social Change”  (in press) (2007)  Law and Policy (USA)

Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack “Magistrates Everyday Work and Emotional Labour” (2005) 32Journal of Law and Society [UK] 590-614

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu “Judicial Appointment and the Skills for Judicial Office” (2005) 15 Journal of Judicial Administration 37-53

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu “The Administrative Authority of Chief Judicial Officers in Australia” (2004) 8 Newcastle Law Review 1-22

Kathy Mack “The Legal Framework of Australian Court-Connected ADR Programs” (2003) 22 Law in Context 112-129

Kathy Mack, Gerry Mullins, Jan Sidford, and David Bamford “Developing Student Self-Reflection Skills through Interviewing and Negotiation Exercises in Legal Education” (2002) 13 Legal Education Review 221-244

Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack "Pleading Guilty and Professional Relations in Australia" (2001) 22 Justice System Journal 155-184 [USA]

Kathy Mack and Sharyn Roach Anleu "Choice, Consent and Autonomy in a Guilty Plea System" (2000) 17 Law in Context 75-95 (special issue: Goldsmith and Israel eds, “Criminal Justice in Diverse Communities”)

Kathy Mack "Teaching Evidence: Inference, Proof and Diversity" (2000) 11 Legal Education Review 57-77
Kathy Mack "An Australian Perspective on Feminism, Race and Evidence" (1999) 28 Southwestern University Law Review 367-388 [USA]