ACADEMIC WRITINGS

UNPUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Broadcasting Of Court Proceedings – A Comparative Perspective’ Presented at The Judges and Media Pillars of Democracy Seminar held on 24 – 25 October 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa. Comparative

‘Considering Broadcasting Queensland Courts in the Light of Other Courts’ Experiences, Perceived Risks and Claimed Benefits’ presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Bar Association of Queensland.  Broadcasting Queensland Courts

‘Implementing Policies of Multiculturalism in Australia’ Edited paper presented at Centre for Integrated Human Studies Multiculturalism Seminar. Policies of Multiculturalism

‘Relationship Between Personal and Professional Ethics’ presented at a Continuing Professional Development Seminar in Perth WA on 26 October 2012. Personal and Professional Ethics

“Promoting Public Understanding of Court Proceedings: From Reliance on Media Reporting to Courts’ Proactive Harnessing of Technology” Canadian Law and Society Association conference ‘Law: Power and Communities’ conference, the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada on 31 May 2007.            To Text of Paper

‘Promoting Public Understanding of Court Proceedings: From Courts’ Reliance on Media Reporting to Proactive Harnessing of Technology’ , presented at the 2007 ‘Law, Power and Communities’ Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Canadian Law and Society Association at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, May 31-2 June 2007.   Link to paper

‘The Therapeutic Value of Open Justice’ , a paper presented at The 3rd International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence, held at the Perth Conventions Centre Western Australia on 7 June 2006.    Link to Full Text

On 10 January 2005 I presented a paper titled ‘Overseas Themes and Lessons’ via video link to the Department for Constitutional Affairs Broadcasting Courts Seminar, London. The paper is published online at: http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/courts/speeches/stepniak.htm. (More information to come)

‘The Complementary/Adversarial Roles of Courts and the Media in Audio-Visual Court Reporting: An Australian Perspective” presented at the International Communication Association conference in Seoul, July 15-19, 2002             Link

‘Religion and Domestic Violence’ Presented at 4th June 2008 Law and Religion Workshop at the Legal Intersections Research Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong. (Expanded version of paper to come)

‘Seeing Justice Done: A Matter for the Courts Rather Than the Media’ at International Conference on Law and Society in the 21st Century: Joint Annual Meetings of LSA and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL), July 25, 2007 Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. (More to come)