Ms Donna Cooper
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Personal details
Keywords
Dispute Resolution, Family Dispute Resolution, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Family Mediation, Family law
Research field
Law
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Master of Laws (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Laws (Queensland Inst. of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member Australian Centre for Health Law Research
- Nationally accredited mediator mediator, Queensland Law Society;
- Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department;
- Member Queensland Law Society, ADR Committee;
- Member Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland;
- Member Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia;
- Member Queensland Law Society Family Law Specialist Accreditation Committee 2003-2014.
Teaching
Publications
- Cooper, D. & Keenan, D. (2018). A model to use when representing clients in conciliation conferences in the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 29(2), 126–134. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123224
- Trowse, P. & Cooper, D. (2018). The agony and the ecstasy: Sacrifice and pain for financial gain: Have Indian surrogate mothers been exploited by their intended parents in commercial surrogacy arrangements? Journal of Law and Medicine, 25(2), 388–407. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223486
- Cooper, D., (2016). Pro bono mediation and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia in Brisbane: Lessons learned. Family Law Review, 6(3), 230–237. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103473
- Cooper, D., (2014). Lawyers behaving badly in mediations: Lessons for legal educators. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 25(4), 204–211. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/78732
- Cooper, D., (2014). Representing clients from courtroom to mediation settings: Switching hats between adversarial advocacy and dispute resolution advocacy. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 25(3), 150–158. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/75584
- Cooper, D., (2014). Inconsistencies in and the inadequacies of the family counselling and FDR confidentiality and admissibility provisions: The need for reform. Family Law Review, 4(4), 213–226. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/90798
- Cooper, D., (2013). Assisting future lawyers to conceptualise their dispute resolution advocacy role. Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal, 24(4), 242–250. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63655
- Cooper, D., Perkins, K. & Couper, G. (2012). Family law issues and schools: Guidance for Australian educators. International Journal of Law and Education, 17(1), 23–38. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53043
- Harland, A., Cooper, D., Rathus, Z., Alexander, R. & Hyams, R. (2011). Family Law Principles.
- Cooper, D., (2011). Continuing the critical analysis of 'meaningful relationships' in the context of the 'twin pillars'. Australian Journal of Family Law, 25(1), 33–53. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/48209
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Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Family Law Property Settlements: Principled Law Reform for Separated Families (2017)
- Is a View Different from a Wish? Considering the Child's View in Parenting Disputes in Australian Family Law Matters (2017)
- Protection From Child Emotional Abuse in Family Law Parenting Matters Over Two Regimes of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth): Policy, Legislation and Judicial Reasoning (2017)