Conference papers & presentations
2012
Foley, T. Using pre court diversion programs as alternative means to meet retributive
requirements. Paper accepted for presentation at the AIJA Doing Justice for Young
People - Issues and Challenges for Judicial Administration in Australia and New
Zealand Conference, Brisbane, 23-25 August 2012
Foley, T. Professionalism v. commercialism – the experience of young lawyers, Paper
accepted for presentation at the 5th International Legal Ethics Conference, Banff 1214 July 2012
Foley, T. (with S. Tang) Learning to be Happily Ignorant: Uncertainty, Ignorance, and
the Wellbeing of Law Students and Lawyers, Paper presented at the 2012
International Law and Society Association conference Honolulu, June 5-8 2012
Foley, T. Professionalism – good, commercialism – bad: false dichotomy? Paper
presented at the Australia New Zealand Legal Ethics Colloquium University of Otago,
Dunedin 9 - 10 February 2012
2011
Foley, T. What is legal professionalism and can clinic teach it? Paper presented to the
9th IJCLE/GAJE Conference – Life, the Universe and Clinic: What questions does
Clinic answer?, Valencia Spain 11-15 July 2011
Foley, T. New lawyers for a new millennium: How ready do Australian law graduates
feel? Paper presented to the Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School, 4
February 2011
Foley, T. Increasing Potential for Success in Legal Practice – Some empiricallyderived insights from new lawyers, paper presented at the Learning in Law Annual
Conference, University of Warwick, 28-29 January 2011
2010
Foley, T. Preparation for Practice - What newly admitted lawyers say is necessary for
a successful transition, paper accepted for presentation to the Australasian
Professional Legal Education Council (APLEC) Conference, Bond University, 11-13
November 2010
Foley T. Becoming a Professional: The importance of finding a satisfactory value
convergence, paper presented at the Continuing Legal Education Association of
Australasia (CLEAA) Conference, Sydney, 28 October 2010.
Foley T. Restorative Sentencing, paper presented to the Victorian Association for
Restorative Justice (VARJ) Research and Practice Forum, Melbourne 7 October 2010.
Foley T. (with S Tang, M Rowe, V. Holmes) Becoming a Legal Professional – the
importance of learning to deal with uncertainty, paper presented to the Australian and
New Zealand Legal Ethics Colloquium, Toowoomba, 23-24 September 2010
Foley, T. (with M Rowe) Teaching professionalism in legal clinics– what new
practitioners say is important, paper presented to the 8th International Clinical Legal
Education Conference, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 7-9 July 2010
Foley, T. (with V Holmes, M Rowe, S Tang) What legal professionalism means: how
the experience of young lawyers equates to notions of ‘ethical legal practice’, paper
presented to ANU College of Law Research Workshop 24 June 2010
Foley, T. The scope for generating just outcomes in criminal and civil proceedings
through apology and forgiveness, paper presented to the Non-Adversarial Justice
Conference, Melbourne, 4-7 May 2010
Foley.T. Preparing professionals: Creating lawyers for ethical legal practice, paper
presented to the La Trobe Law School 23 February 2010
2009
Foley, T. Doing Retribution Restoratively, paper presented at the Towards Restorative
Justice Conference, Sydney University, 7-9 December 2009
Foley.T. Restorative and Retributive Responses to Wrongdoing, paper presented to
the ANU Regnet Annual Conference, Canberra, 27 November 2009.
Foley, T. (with M. Rowe) Providing an authentic practical experience for graduate
law students, paper presented at the HERDSA 2009 Conference, Darwin, 6-9 July
2009
2008
Foley.T. Developing a Model that Accommodates Restorative Approaches alongside
Punitive Approaches in Responses to Wrongdoing, paper presented to the ANU
Regnet PhD Seminar Series, Canberra, 12 December 2008.
Foley.T. Providing an experience of a sense of justice in response to wrongdoing,
paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice
Research, Adelaide, 14-17 August 2008.
Foley.T. (with V. Holmes & M. Rowe), Using informal learning to enhance ethical
legal practice, paper presented at the Third International Legal Ethics Conference.
Gold Coast, 13-16 July 2008.
Foley.T. Restorative justice and due process protections, paper presented at the
Victorian Association of Restorative Justice Conference, Melbourne, 14 May 2008.
2007
Foley, T. The Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program – Explaining the empirical
data, paper presented to the Regnet PhD Seminar, Canberra, 4 December 2007
Foley.T. Responding to Wrongdoing – The need for justice, paper presented at the
Victorian Association of Restorative Justice Meeting, Melbourne, 28 November
2007.
Foley, T. (with C. Trevitt) Action Research and Curriculum Development in Legal
Practice Education: The lessons of a collaborative and iterative process, paper
presented at the APLEC Conference, Canberra, 23-25 November 2007
Foley, T. Lawyers and Legal Interpreters, paper presented to the ACT Director of
Public Prosecutions Conference Canberra, 10 November 2007
Foley, T. Justice Responses to Wrongdoing – A restorative perspective, paper
presented to the ANU Regnet Lunchtime Seminar Series, Canberra, 9 October 2007.
Foley.T. The Justice of Restorative Justice, paper presented at Dalhousie Law School
Seminar Series, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 3 October 2007.
Foley, T. Interpreters in the Courtroom, interview with ABC Radio National, The
Law Report, 22 May 2007
Transcript available at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2007/1928403.htm
Foley, T. Planning Appeals – A Comparative Journey, paper presented at the
Queensland Environmental Law Association Conference, Kingscliff, 16-18 May 2007
Foley, T. Quality Interpreting – The Legal Profession View, invited panel
presentation to the Critical Link 5 Congress on Interpreting in the Community,
Parramatta, 11-15 April 2007
2006
Foley, T. Doing Justice Differently: Restorative justice in criminal law, paper
presented to the 23rd Law and Society Conference, Wollongong, 13-15 December
2006
Foley, T. Chair at Australian Corporate Lawyers Association Seminar ABC of
Government Law, Canberra, 30 November 2006
Foley, T. Navigating the transition to ethical legal practice, paper presented to the
Australasian Professional Legal Education Council Conference, Sydney, 10-12
November 2006
2005
Foley, T. [with Tamsitt, G] Mentoring New Lawyers for Professional Legal Practice,
paper presented at the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council Conference,
Adelaide, 11-13 November 2005
Foley, T. You want justice with that? The Quality of Justice in Restorative
Conferencing, paper presented at the Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Social
Psychology Meets Law and Justice Conference, School of Psychology ANU, 1-2
November 2005
Foley, T. [with Harrison, J., Holmes, V., Rowe, M., Sutherland, P.] Capacity of a
Clinical Program to provide 'Minor Assistance' within the Structure of a Legal aid
Commission, paper presented by J Harrison & V Holmes to the 3rd International Jrn
of Clinical Legal Education/8th Aust.Clinical Legal Education Conference,
Melbourne, 13-15 July 2005
Foley, T. Environmental Dispute Resolution - producing outcomes that are
environmentally fair, paper presented to the Australasian Law Teachers Association
Conference, Hamilton NZ, 5-8 July 2005
Foley, T. The Justice of Restorative Justice Programs, paper presented to the
International Network for Research on Restorative Justice and the Centre for
Restorative Justice Conference, Canberra, 23-25 February 2005
2004
Foley, T. & Drumgold, S. Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004 ACT, CLE Seminar
for the ACT Law Society, 8 November 2004
Foley, T. Relationship between legal justice and restorative justice, seminar paper
presented at RegNet , Research School of Social Science ANU, 10 August 2004
Foley, T. Police use of diversionary options with young drug offenders, paper
presented to the 2004 Canadian Law and Society Association Conference, Winnipeg,
Canada, 2-5 June 2004
Foley, T. Using a responsive regulatory pyramid in environmental regulation, keynote
presentation, Queensland Environmental Law Association Conference, Cairns, 12-14
May 2004
2003
Foley, T. Restorative justice and Legal Justice, paper presented at RegNet Annual
Conference, Canberra 9-11 December 2003.
Foley, T. Examining the Legal Process – using diversionary options with young drug
offenders, paper presented at the 21st Annual Law and Society Conference,
Newcastle, 8-10 December 2003.
Foley, T. Factors which inform police Discretion in the use of diversionary options to
enforce juvenile drug use law, paper presented to the Juvenile Justice: From the
Lessons of the Past to a Roadmap for the Future Conference, Sydney, 1-2 December
2003.
Foley, T. Criteria Based Assessment – Developing a PLT Model, paper presented to
the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council Conference, Brisbane, 14-16
November 2003
Foley, T. “Lawyers’ Focus on Working with Interpreters” paper presented to the
Interpreters & Legal Professionals Conference, Sydney, 21 March 2003.
2002
Foley, T. Undertaking Empirical Legal Research: A case study in juvenile justice,
paper presented to the 20th Annual Law and Society Conference, Wollongong, 9-11
December 2002
Foley, T. [with Tamsitt G, Allen E & Blank G.] Issues in Managing the Transition to
an Off Campus Study Program: A Case Study in Law, presentation to the Association
of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Conference, Canberra/Sydney, 30 April-3 May
2002.
2001
Foley, T. The Quality of Learning in Legal Education, Action Research paper,
CEDAM Presentation, Australian National University October 2001.
Foley, T. Negotiating Resource Agreements: Lessons from Indigenous Land Use
Agreements paper presented to the Native Title Representatives Bodies & National
Environmental Law Association Joint Conference, Townsville, 30-31 August 2001.
Foley, T. Enhancing the Quality of Learning: Using Real and Virtual Discussion,
paper presented to the 26th Annual International Conference on Improving University
Teaching, Johannesburg, South Africa 9-12 July 2001.
Foley, T. An Effective Dispute Resolution Model for Forestry Disputes: Lessons from
the Regional Forestry Agreement Process” paper presented to the 2nd A/Asian Natural
Resource Law and Policy Conference, Perth, 8-9 March 2001.
2000
Foley, T. [with Chan, S.] Improving Student Performance Using Online Discussion,
paper presented to the Effective Teaching and Learning at University Conference,
UQ, Brisbane, 9-10 November 2000.
Foley, T. The Discussional Classroom Using Online Technology”, paper presented to
the Australian Law Teachers Association Conference, Canberra, July 2000.
Foley, T. Sustainability Monitoring- The Community Role: A case study in the
forests", paper presented to the Queensland Environmental Law Association
Conference, Brisbane, May 2000.