The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Jill Howieson

Associate Professor
Law School

Contact details

Address

Law School
The University of Western Australia (M253)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2885

Fax

6488 1045

Email

jill.howieson@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

LLB Murd., BA(Psych) GradDipBus E.Cowan, BA Curtin, PhD W.Aust.

Biography

Jill is currently the Associate Dean at the UWA Law School and the unit co-ordinator of the Negotiation and Mediation, and Alternative Dispute Resolution courses at UWA. Jill has practised as a solicitor in the area of dispute resolution in private law firms and is a nationally accredited mediator who currently mediates at the Citizens Advice Bureau in Perth. Jill has trained private practitioners, UWA executive and academic staff, and tenant advocates in interest-based negotiation and mediation, and currently runs a national mediation accreditation course through the UWA Law School at http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/cpd/adr4p.

Jill holds degrees in English, Psychology (Honours 1A) and an LLB (Honours 1A) and completed her PhD in Law at the University of Western Australia in 2008.

Key research

Family lawyering and family dispute resolution

Negotiation and mediation

Conflict and conflict resolution

Alternative dispute resolution

Procedural justice

Legal education

Publications

Howieson, J. (2011) ‘The Professional Culture of Australian Family Lawyers: Pathways to Constructive Change’ International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family.
Howieson, J. (2011) ‘ADR for a Built Environment interdiscipline’, International Journal of Law in the Built Environment (IJLBE).
Howieson J. (2011) ‘ADR education: creating engagement and increasing mental health through an interactive and constructive approach.’ Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal
Alexander, N. and Howieson, J. (2010), Negotiation: Strategy, Style, Skills, Lexis Nexis, Sydney 2010.
Howieson, J. & Priddis, L (2010). ‘Building resilience for separating parents through mentalising and constructive lawyering techniques’ Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, first published on: 08 June 2010 (iFirst).
Howieson, J. (2010). 'I am if you are': An interesting paradox in role-play case simulation training. In Educating for sustainability. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, 28-29 January 2010. Perth: Edith Cowan University. http://otl.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2010/refereed/howieson.html
Howieson, J, ‘What is it about me? What is it about mediation? ADR Bulletin, Volume 12, Number 1 (March 2010)
Alexander, N and Howieson, J, ‘Reflecting on Negotiation Strategy: Introducing the Negotiation Navigation Map. ADR Bulletin, Volume 11, Number 7 (December 2009)
Howieson, J and Alexander, N, ‘Negotiation and mediation in 3D: Completing the models for practice and education. ADR Bulletin, Volume 11, Number 6 (November 2009)
Howieson, J. Family Law: the lawyer-client relationship, procedural justice and the dispute resolution process, ADR Bulletin, Volume 10, Number 2 (November 2007).
Howieson, J. & Ford, W. (2007). Teaching and learning skills: Increasing a sense of law school belongingness. In Student Engagement. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, 30-31 January 2007. Perth: The University of Western Australia. Available at http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf2007/refereed/howieson.html
Howieson, J. Procedural Justice in Mediation: and empirical study and a practical example, ADR Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 7 (December 2002).
Howieson, J. & Stevenson, C. (2002). Implied obligations in a deed of settlement. 21 Australian Mining & Petroleum Law Journal 179-184.
Howieson, J. Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Local Court Mediation. Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law Volume 9, Number 2 (June 2002)
Available at: http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v9n2/howieson92.html.
Howieson, J. Report on the NADRAC second national ADR round table research forum, University of South Australia, 25-26 February 2005, Western Australian Dispute Resolution Association Newsletter, Volume 30, March 2005.
Howieson, J. The Justice of Court-connected Mediation, VCAT Mediation Newsletter No. 6 (November 2002).

Funding received

Research Grant - Relationships Australia (WA) and Family Relationship Centres, $28,000
Research Grant – Western Australian Bar Association, $5,000
2009, UWA Teaching Fellowship, $22,000
2008, Improving Student Learning Grant - Embedding interest-based negotiation theory and skills in Contract Law, $3,000 – University of Western Australia.
2008, National Mediation Conference Scholarship, $3,670.

Memberships

LEADR
Supreme Court of Western Australia approved mediator.

Honours and awards

2008,National Mediation Conference Scholarship
2005-2008, Australian Postgraduate Award
2006, Grand finalist Coach 2006 – Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation competition (SCRAM)
2001, Butterworths prize in Jurisprudence, Murdoch University

Teaching

Negotiation and Mediation
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Current external positions

Board member Mediation Standards Board(MSB)
Executive member WA Chapter of LEADR: Association of Dispute Resolvers
WADRA (Western Australian Disptue Resolution Association)

Research profile

Research profile and publications