Parker and Evans's Inside Lawyers' Ethics

Authors

• Francesca Bartlett, University of Queensland

  Francesca Bartlett is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean in the Law School at the University of Queensland. She teaches and researches in the fields of legal ethics and family law, and women and the law. Prior to joining academia, Francesca worked as a solicitor in a large law firm and at a community legal centre. She is the Vice President of the International Association of Legal Ethics and a member of the Queensland Law Society's Ethics Advisory Committee on Generative AI and Legal Education advisory group and committee member of the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland. Francesca's research has explored admission to legal practice, professional discipline and apologies, and pro bono legal practice. Her work has also considered how to achieve diversity within the legal profession and the judiciary and how law impacts women. Her work also connects family law and lawyer practices particularly relating to family violence. She was a Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery–funded Australian Feminist Judgments Project and has received external funding to undertake projects relating to technology and innovation in the legal profession.

• Vivien Holmes, Australian National University

  Vivien Holmes is an Emerita Professor at the ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy. As Emerita, she continues her research in the fields of legal ethics, and the legal profession. Prior to joining ANU, Vivien worked as a litigation solicitor in private and government practice, a government legal policy officer, a Court Registrar and Judicial Registrar, a Registrar of Probates and a Deputy Coroner. She has been a member of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and is a member of the ACT Law Society's Professional Standards Committee. Vivien's research has explored how to best equip law students to meet ethical challenges in practice. With colleagues, Vivien has researched the transition of new lawyers into legal practice. She is continuing, with colleagues, to research links between ethics and lawyer wellbeing, including the impact of the ethical climate of legal workplaces.