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Catrina Denvir,
Bachelor of Arts - University of Melbourne (2006), Bachelor of Public Policy & Management (Hons) - University of Melbourne (2007), BA Law (Cantab) - University of Cambridge (2008)
PhD Candidate
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Profile
Catrina Denvir commenced her PhD in October 2011, having spent three years in a research role at the Legal Services Research Centre in London where she also organised the self-funding LSRC International Research Conference in both 2010 and 2012. Prior to this Catrina worked in Public Policy for the Australian National Transport Commission and undertook a number of internships with members of Australian State and Federal Parliament. Catrina holds a degree in Law from Cambridge University, and a Bachelor of Public Policy and Management (with an additional research thesis honors year) and Bachelor of Arts (History/Political Science) from the University of Melbourne.
In the past three years Catrina’s research has been focused on legal self-help, particularly the use of the Internet for advice and information seeking related to civil justice problems. She has explored this issue by looking predominately at data captured by the wide-scale, representative, Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS). Catrina’s research has also focused on issues related to e-Government in legal services, modes of legal advice-seeking, the experience of particular problems by discrete groups, public legal education (PLE) and the reform of legal aid.
In the past three years Catrina’s research has been focused on legal self-help, particularly the use of the Internet for advice and information seeking related to civil justice problems. She has explored this issue by looking predominately at data captured by the wide-scale, representative, Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS). Catrina’s research has also focused on issues related to e-Government in legal services, modes of legal advice-seeking, the experience of particular problems by discrete groups, public legal education (PLE) and the reform of legal aid.
Areas of Expertise
Research Projects
Research Interests
Access to Justice, e-Government, Legal Aid, Methodology, Technology
UCL Associations/Academic & Professional Memberships
- Law & Society Association
- Socio-Legal Studies Association
Professional Experience
- 2008 - 2008: Australian National Transport Commission
- 2009 - 2013: Legal Services Research Centre
Public Engagements & Media Coverage
No information provided
Publications
Catrina's publications include:
Conference Papers
- Denvir, C. & Balmer, N.J. Digitally (De)Faulted? How do young people use the Internet to acquire knowledge of rights and self-help? National Access to Justice and Pro-Bono Conference. Hyatt Melbourne, Australia, 21st-22nd March 2013.
- Miles, J. Balmer, N.J., Smith, M., Denvir, C and Patel, A. In scope but out of reach? Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Bristol, 11th-12th September 2012.
- Denvir, C., (2012) Caught in the Web- How Young People use the Internet in the resolution of Civil Justice Problems. 2012 Legal Services Research Centre International Research Conference. Magdalen College, Oxford, 12th - 14th September 2012.
- Denvir, C., & Balmer, N.J, (2011) Surfing the web - recreation or resource? Exploring how young people in the UK use the Internet as an advice portal for problems with a legal dimension. Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference.
- Denvir, C., & Balmer, N.J, (2011) Determining the mental health cost of debt - the interaction between debt and mental illness. Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference. Held at the University of Sussex, UK.12th -14th April 2011.
- Balmer, N.J. & Denvir, C. (2011) Mental illness and the experience and resolution of debt problems. Law and Society Annual Conference. Held at the Westin St Francis, San Francisco, USA, 2nd-5th June 2011.
- Balmer, N.J., Buck, A., Patel, A., Denvir, C. & Pleasence, P. (2010) Knowledge, Capacity and the Experience of Rights Problems. London: PLEnet
Journals
- Portal or Pothole? Examining Older People's Experience of using the Information Superhighway in the Resolution of Civil Justice Problems. Accepted for Publication by the Journal of Ageing and Society. (2013)
- Denvir, C., and Balmer, N.J. When legal rights are not a reality: do individuals know their rights and how can we tell? Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 35:1, 139-160 (2013)
- Denvir, C. Balmer, N.J & Buck, A. (2012) Informed Citizens? Exploring the relevance of knowledge of rights in the context of civil justice problem resolution. Journal of Social Policy, July, 41. (2012)
- Balmer, N.J., Smith, M., Denvir, C. & Patel, A. (2012) Just a Phone Call Away- is telephone advice enough? Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 33 (4). (2012)
Edited Volumes
- Balmer, NJ., Patel, A., Denvir, C., & Pleasence, P. (2010) Unmanageable Debt and Financial Difficulty in the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey. London: Money Advice Trust
- Balmer, N.J., Pleasence, P., & Denvir, C. (2011). Knowledge as Power: How does knowledge of rights make a difference in the resolution of civil justice problems? London: PLEnet
- Pleasence, P., Balmer, N.J., Patel, A. & Denvir, C. (2010) Civil Justice in England and Wales 2009: Report of the 2006-09 English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey, London: Legal Services Commission
- Balmer, N.J., Buck, A., Patel, A., Denvir, C. & Pleasence, P. (2010) Knowledge, Capacity and the Experience of Rights Problems. London: PLEnet
Manuscripts in Preparation
- Smith, M., Balmer, N.J., Miles, J., Denvir, C. (Under review) In scope but out of reach? Examining differences between publically funded telephone and face-to-face family law advice in terms of stage reached and outcome achieved
- Denvir, C. Legal Aid from A to 'e' - the history of digital services in the delivery of publicly funded legal services. Under consideration at the Journal of Internet and Policy
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