Monica Taylor
Monica is an early career researcher and sociolegal scholar based at the QUT School of Law. Monica’s research interest lies in climate and disaster justice, adaptation and resilience, with a focus on people and communities most impacted by climate harm. Her recently completed her PhD by publication examined the readiness of Australia’s public legal service system (the Legal Assistance Sector) to respond to climate change-informed legal problems. It asked, how is climate change shaping the legal needs of priority population groups and how equipped is the LAS to deal with that changing landscape?
Research publications by Monica Taylor
Climate Change, Housing and Human Rights
Maguire, Rowena, Nona, Francis, Lewis, Bridget, Taylor, Monica (2025) Climate Change, Housing and Human Rights. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 79, pp.1-4.
Striving for Climate Justice: The Role of the Australian Legal Assistance Sector in Responding to Climate Change-Informed Civil Law Needs
Taylor, Monica (2025) Striving for Climate Justice: The Role of the Australian Legal Assistance Sector in Responding to Climate Change-Informed Civil Law Needs
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Preparing the access to justice sector for climate change: insights from Australian lawyers
Taylor, Monica (2025) Preparing the access to justice sector for climate change: insights from Australian lawyers. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 32 (2), pp.225-249.
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Community-led disaster management: Insights from flood-affected communities across South-East Queensland
Taylor, Monica, Muir, Laurelle, Crawford, Fiona, Davison, Oscar, Maguire, Rowena, Lewis, Bridget (2024) Community-led disaster management: Insights from flood-affected communities across South-East Queensland. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 53.
Sharing Responsibility for Disaster Justice: An analysis of submissions to the 2023 Senate Select Committee on Australia’s Disaster Resilience
Crawford, Fiona, Davison, Oscar, Taylor, Monica, Muir, Laurelle, Maguire, Rowena, Lewis, Bridget, Bull, Melissa (2024) Sharing Responsibility for Disaster Justice: An analysis of submissions to the 2023 Senate Select Committee on Australia’s Disaster Resilience. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 52.
A human rights analysis of Queensland Disaster Management Arrangements
Taylor, Monica (2024) A human rights analysis of Queensland Disaster Management Arrangements. QUT Centre for Justice Briefing Papers, 57.
Developing Indigenous Cultural Safety in Law: Clinical Legal Education as a Method for Getting it Done
Bedford, Narelle, Taylor, Monica, Hughes, Candice, Stevenson-Graf, Lindsey, Burton, Bridget, Iliffe, Danielle, Tanirau-Stanley, Natasha (2024) Developing Indigenous Cultural Safety in Law: Clinical Legal Education as a Method for Getting it Done. Legal Education Review, 34 (1), pp.111-132.
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Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities
Taylor, Monica, Crawford, Fiona (2024) Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities. The Conversation.
Community Lawyering and Climate Justice: A New Frontier
Taylor, Monica, Lay, Bronwyn (2022) Community Lawyering and Climate Justice: A New Frontier. Alternative Law Journal, 47 (3), pp.199-203.
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Climate Crisis, Legal Education and Law Student Well-Being: Pedagogical Strategies for Action
Taylor, Monica (2021) Climate Crisis, Legal Education and Law Student Well-Being: Pedagogical Strategies for Action. The University of Queensland Law Journal, 40 (3), pp.459-476.
Perceptions of Competence and Well-being in Clinical Legal Education
Taylor, Monica, Walsh, Tamara (2018) Perceptions of Competence and Well-being in Clinical Legal Education. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 3 (1), pp.1-19.
Pro bono lawyering: personal motives and institutionalised practice
Bartlett, Francesca, Taylor, Monica (2016) Pro bono lawyering: personal motives and institutionalised practice. Legal Ethics, 19 (2), pp.260-280.
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- 6 citations on Scopus
Model no more: Querulent behaviour, vexatious litigants and the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld)
Bedford, Narelle, Taylor, Monica (2014) Model no more: Querulent behaviour, vexatious litigants and the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld). Journal of Judicial Administration, 24 (1), pp.46-60.
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Understanding the Power of Law: Engaging Students in Criminal Law Casework
Douglas, Heather, Taylor, Monica (2014) Understanding the Power of Law: Engaging Students in Criminal Law Casework. Legal Education Review, 24 (1), pp.Article number: 3 29-44.
You're Not Welcome Here: Police Move-On Powers and Discrimination Law
Walsh, Tamara, Taylor, Monica (2007) You're Not Welcome Here: Police Move-On Powers and Discrimination Law. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 30 (1), pp.151-173.
- 30 citations on Web of Science
