Staff profile

Ms Mary Anne Noone Coordinator, Clinical Legal Education and Public Interest Law Postgraduate program

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

La Trobe Law School

Room 249 Martin Building, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BA, LLB (Monash) , MA(Conflict Resolution)(LaTrobe)

Membership of professional Associations

Global Alliance for Justice Education, International Legal Aid Group, Law Institute of Victoria, Australian Law Teachers Association,

Area of study

Law

Brief Profile

The thread drawing together Mary Anne's research, teaching, professional and community service activities is a passion for improving access to justice and enhancing legal professional responsibility. She is a specialist on the Australian legal aid system, an authority in clinical legal education and professional responsibility. Her research focuses on access to justice and the delivery of legal services, the Australian legal aid system, dispute resolution and clinical legal education. She co-authored a history of Australian legal aid system, Lawyers in Conflict.

In recognition of her outstanding achievements and contributions as a lawyer, to teaching and learning and legal aid research, Mary Anne has received a number of awards. Most recently, in 2009, she received a Law Institute of Victoria President’s Award for Access to Justice and 2010 she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.   Mary Anne is a management committee member of the West Heidelberg Community Legal Service, on the Board of Carers Victoria and SouthPort Community Housing Group. She served 12 years on the Board of Victoria Legal Aid and was a part-time member of Social Security Appeals Tribunal for 12 years. She is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Victorian Supreme Court.

Teaching Units

  • Dispute Resolution LAW1DR
  • Legal Practice and Conduct LAW4LPC
  • Public Interest Law Practice LAW2PLP
  • Issues in Public Interest Law LAW5IPI
  • Legal Rights, Poverty and Legal Services LAW2RPS

 

Recent Publications

 Books

Noone M.A. & Tomsen S. (2006) Lawyers in Conflict: Australian Lawyers and Legal Aid Federation Press  

Book chapters

Noone M.A. and Bloch F.(2010), ‘Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education’ in Bloch F.(ed) The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice Oxford University Press 

Noone M.A. (2007) ‘“They all come in the one door” The transformative potential of an integrated service model: A study of the West Heidelberg Community Legal Service’ in Pleasence, Buck & Balmer,(eds) Transforming Lives: Law and Social Process UK The Stationary Office pp 93 - 112  

Articles

Noone M.A., (2012) 'Integrated legal services: Lessons from West Heidelberg CLS' 37(1) Alternative Law Journal 26 - 30

Noone M.A., (2011) ‘ADR, Public Interest Law and Access to Justice: the need for vigilance’ 37(1) Monash University Law Review 57- 80 

Noone M.A., (2009) ‘Towards an integrated service response to the link between legal and health issues’ 15 Australian Journal of Primary Health 203-211  

Noone M A & Curran L., (2008) ‘Access to justice: a new approach using human rights standards’ 15(3) International Journal of the Legal Profession, p195 - 229

Noone M.A. (2008) ‘The Disconnect between Transformative Mediation and Social Justice’ 19 Australian Dispute Resolution Journal 114

Noone M.A. (2007) ‘Liability matters for lawyer mediators’ 81(10) Law Institute Journal

Noone M.A. & Curran E. (2007) ‘The Challenge of Defining Unmet Legal Need’ Journal of Law and Social Policy 61

Noone M.A. (2006) ‘Improving access to justice: Communication skills in the tribunal setting’ 16(1) Australian Journal of Judicial Administration 18

Noone M.A. (2006) ‘ Lawyers as Mediators: More Responsibility?’ 17 Australian Dispute Resolution Journal 1

Noone M.A., Dickson J. & Curran E. (2005) ‘Pushing the Boundaries or Preserving the Status Quo? Designing Clinical Programs to Teach Law Students a Deep Understanding of Ethical Practice' 8 International Journal of Clinical Legal Education 104

Conference Papers  

Noone M.A., (2011) ‘Australia’s New National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance’ International Legal Aid Group Helsinki June 2011 http://www.ilagnet.org/conference/template/index.php?id=4&page=conference_papers

Research projects

Australian Learning and Teaching Council  Strengthening legal education by integrating clinical experiences  Priority Project 2010- 2012

Faculty Research Grant Justice Quality and Accountability in Mediation Practice with Lola Akin Ojelabi