Professor Caroline Hart
| Name | Caroline Hart |
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| Position | Adjunct Professor |
| Section | Centre for Heritage and Culture (Operations) |
| Qualifications | BA Qld , LLB Qld , LLM QUT , PhD USQ |
Caroline Hart (second from left in photo) was a Professor and the Associate Head of School of Law and Justice at the University of Southern Queensland until she retired in 2023. Caroline joined the University in 2005 as part of the team commencing the UniSQ Law Programs. Caroline worked closely with Mr Mark Tranter, Mr Mark Byrne, Mr Michael Maguire, Mrs Suzanne Schultz and Professor Michael Robertson.
Caroline's doctoral thesis focused on sustainable regional and rural (RR) legal practice. This research was only possible due to the incredible generosity of the many lawyers who took precious time out of their day to share their experiences and wisdom about RR legal practice. Caroline thanks the many practitioners who contributed to this research.
Caroline's research was conducted through the Centre for Heritage and Culture. Special thanks go to the CHC, its Director, Professor Celmara Pocock and Professor Simon Young. Thanks also go to members of the legal profession, the accountancy profession and legal software developers who also contributed generously to Caroline's research.
Caroline was nationally and internationally known for her research, publications, and presentations on RR law firms, and the use of technology by the legal profession and government. She was a regular invited guest to global law firm Clyde & Co’s Annual General Counsel Compliance and Risk Forum held in alternating years in London and New York since 2014. This Forum is comprised of global law firms with the purpose of proactively investigating risks for law firms, including artificial intelligence and intergenerational change.
Caroline was able to share outcomes raised by the Forum with Qld and NSW’s RR legal profession through valuable relationships with the law societies of both states. Caroline is thankful to Queensland Law Society staff including, UniSQ Adjunct Professor Stafford Shepherd and Mr Shane Budden.
Caroline’s engagement with both law societies included publications, conferences, funded grants and committee contributions. During COVID-19, she initiated and executed online access to professional legal education across RRR Qld locations through a collaboration between the QLS and UniSQ. This benevolent arrangement with UniSQ and QLS significantly contributed to Caroline being awarded more than $360,000 in competitive grant monies. Caroline worked closely with her UniSQ colleague, Dr Aaron Timoshanko and QLS CEO, Mr Matt Dunn.
In September 2022, Caroline organised and convened The UniSQ Future Ready Conference. More than 90 legal practitioners from across RRR Qld and NSW participated. Special thanks go to Dr Jasmine Thomas and Mr Angus Murray, as well as the QLS Committee Chairs.
Prior to academia, Caroline worked for 15 years in government starting at Crown Law in 1990. She provided legal advice on matters including government use of technology and was also a research officer on a number of high-profile Queensland commissions of inquiry.
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Law not elsewhere classified
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Public Law not elsewhere classified
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Public Law
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Past research interests included:
Legal profession
Regional legal practice
Government use of technology
Entrepreneurial regional Australia
Research publications include:
C Hart, The Seven Elements of Successful Country Law Firms, The Federation Press, 2018
C Hart, ‘Entrepreneurship and innovation in regional and rural legal practice’, The Place of Practice, Federation Press (2017)
C Hart, Learning Law, ‘Courts and Parliament’, (Cambridge University Press, 2018 and 2020
A Timoshanko, C Hart et al, ‘An empirical study of lawyers’ capability to adapt to disruption in Queensland, Australia’, (2023) IJLP, 83 - 110
C Hart, A Timoshanko, ‘Ready for a Reboot: Law Schools Need to Reboot and Upgrade the Law Curriculum Now to Better Meet the Impacts of Technology’ (2022) 15 JALAA, 31 - 48
A Timoshanko, C Hart, ‘Teaching Technology into the Law Curriculum’ (2021) 13/14 JALAA, 1 - 15
JW Jones, AE Davis, S Chester, C Hart (2017) Reforming lawyer mobility… (2017) 30 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 125 - 193
C Hart, 'Better justice? or shambolic justice? Governments' use of information technology for access to law and justice… (2017) IJRLP, 1 - 21
A Kennedy, T Mundy, J Nielsen, C Hart et al, ‘Educating law students for RR legal practice… 24 (2015) LER 6 - 27
C Hart, (2014) The prevalence and nature of sustainable RRR legal practice (Thesis (PhD/Research)
C Hart, ‘Business structures and sustainable regional legal practice: the use of incorporated legal practices by RRR legal practitioners’ (2012), IJRLP, 1 - 17
C Hart, ‘Sustainable regional legal practice: the importance of alliances and the use of innovative information technology… 2011 16 (1) DLR, 225 - 263
C Hart et al, ‘The real deal: using authentic assessment to promote student engagement… 2011 21(1) LER, 97 - 121
C Hart (2008) ‘The conjurer's new card trick and the illusion of privacy: …privacy and transparency issues associated with the proposed Aust Govt HSSA Card’, 2008 25(1) UTLR, 5 - 43
C Hart (2007) ‘Micro-chipping away at privacy: privacy implications created by the new Qld driver licence proposal’, 2007 7(2) QUTLJJ, 305 – 324
Past professional membership include:
Committee Member, Practice Management Course Committee, Queensland Law Society
Committee Member, Downs and Southwestern District Law Association
Director National Rural Law & Justice Alliance
Member, Institute of Resilient Regions
Member, Australian Centre for Sustainable Business & Development
Member, Queensland Law Society
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Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
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Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)
19 Years
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Law not elsewhere classified
( 180199)
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Public Law not elsewhere classified
( 480799)
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Public Law
( 480700)