Positions in Faculty
Senior Lecturer
Honours Program Coordinator
Co-Director Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC)

Degrees Held
BA (Hons 1) in Sociology and History & Philosophy of Science (UNSW 1970). PhD (UNSW 1979) in Sociology. Thesis, Social Science and Social Life, on the relationship between theory and practice in the social sciences.

Publications

In addition to responsibilities in socio-legal research and supervising postgraduate students, Rick teaches in research methods and in social and theoretical perspectives on law.

Rick has a background in public sector management and research consultancy in a range of legal, evaluation and policy fields. He has taught social sciences, science and technology studies and social aspects of environmental design at the Universities of NSW, Sydney and Wollongong. He managed a public community health service from 1976 to 1981. As a consultant from 1981-1995 he carried out research, policy and planning work in community services, urban planning and a range of legal programs. Legal projects included the NSW Model Court Project, Youth Justice Project, and Toxic Torts (PIAC), funded by the Law Foundation.

Teaching Commitments
Rick supervises postgraduate and undergraduate student research in areas relating to courts and justice systems and legal sociology.

Students of the Centre for Court Policy and Administration have carried out research in areas of alternative dispute resolution, client services, case flow management, and tribunal / court program evaluation.

Rick is responsible for teaching research skills at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has developed resources for Postgraduate Research in Law.

He teaches:

• LLB 313 Legal Research Project and in the LLM (International and Comparative) LAW 993 Research Essay;
• LLB 110 Legal Research and Writing;
• LLB/LAW 322 Subjects and Objects: Law, Things and Everyday Life
  
  Research Interests
  See LIRC Page

Contact Details
Phone (02)4221 4632
Fax (02)4221 3188
Email: rick_mohr@uow.edu.au