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Accepting PhD Students
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Jess is a socio-legal empirical researcher, specialising in issues of access to justice and family law. She is particularly interested in innovations that improve the accessibility of legal systems as well as the empowerment and capabilities of those experiencing legal need.
Jess has published widely on these issues in a variety of leading academic journals and book publishers. Her forthcoming monograph Litigants in Person and the Family Justice System (Hart, 2022) is the first comprehensive book to examine the issue of self-representation in the family courts.
Jess joined Monash after establishing her career in the UK, where she previously held the position of Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University, and prior to that, Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Tutor at the Centre for Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds.
Specific areas of interest include:
Jess has an established record of consulting with the public and third sectors in the UK across her research interests. Previously she has undertaken consultancy work for organisation including: The Access to Justice Foundation, The Ministry of Justice, and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group.
PhD, University of Leeds
Award Date: 20 May 2020
MRes, University of Leeds
Award Date: 29 Oct 2015
LLB, University of Leeds
Award Date: 30 Jul 2014
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Jess Mant (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Jess Mant (Executive Member)
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
Jess Mant (Editor in chief) & Daniel Newman (Editor in chief)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Jess Mant (Fellow)
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries