Dr Becky Batagol

Research Interests

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Constitutional Law
Family Law
Gender and Law
Human Rights
Legal Ethics
Legal Profession and Practice
Mediation
Practice and Procedure
Womens' Rights

Supervisor Profile

Qualified to supervise: Honours; Masters; PhD;

Current projects under supervision

Honours:

Becky has supervised students in the areas of consitutional law and restorative justice.

Masters:

No current projects

Doctoral:

Becky is currently co-supervising PhD students on the topic of client satisfaction levels at the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria.

Grants and Commissions

2009-2010: Provision of research into family violence since 2006 Family Law Reforms, Attorney General's Department Tender. (Professor T Brown, Dr B Batagol, Dr A Sifris and Dr J Tyson, Monash University. Associate Professor D Bagshaw, Dr S Wendt, Dr E McInness and Dr A Campbell, University of South Australia. Dr B Tinning, James Cook University and Associate Professor C Power, Flinders University.)

2008: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth national competitive seed-funding grant for 'The wellbeing of children following parental separation and divorce'. The project was led by Professor Thea Brown, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University.

Publications

2010

Other publications by Dr Batagol are available at:
http://ssrn.com/author=106603

King M and Batagol B, 'Enforcer, manager or leader? The judicial role in family violence courts' (2010) International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (Forthcoming) 

2009

King M, Freiberg A, Batagol B and Hyams, R. Non-Adversarial Justice Federation Press (2009).

Batagol B, and Brown T, Use of Law in Family Mediation in Australia. Federation Press (Themis press imprint). (Forthcoming)

2008

Batagol, B., 'Fomenters of Strife, Gladiatorial Champions or Something Else Entirely? Lawyers and Family Dispute Resolution' (2008) 8 Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal 24-45 (special edition on contemporary Australian ADR research).

Batagol, B. Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Family Mediation PhD thesis, Faculty of Law Monash University, 2008.

Conference papers:

Batagol, B., Rathus, Z., Behrens, J., and Rowe, M. ‘What Mum Dad, What Dad Did,’ Family Relationship Services Australia National Conference, Cairns, November 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Re-visiting the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Divorce Mediation in Australia.’ Washington College of Law Visit, American University, Washington DC, September 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Is there still room for law? The shadow of the law over private negotiations’, Monash University Law, Research BITE presentation, October 2008.

Batagol, B. ‘Reading the Landscape of Power: How Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners Understand Power.’ 9th National Mediation Conference, Perth, September 2008. Podcast available at: http://www.leadr.com.au/conferencesevents.htm

Batagol, B. Invited presentation to National Legal Aid Dispute Resolution Forum, Perth, WA
September 2008

Batagol, B. ‘Re-visiting the Shadow of the Law? The Case of Family Mediation in Australia.’ Research Committee in the Sociology of Law, Annual Meeting, Milan-Como, Italy, July 2008.
 
King, M., and Batagol, B. ‘Enforcer, Manager or Leader? The Judicial Role in Family Violence Courts’ Just Partners, Family Violence, Specialist Courts and the Idea of Integration Conference, Canberra, May 2008.

Complete listing of publications, including those prior to 2008