Justice Data Series: Using administrative data for civil justice research
The first Justice Data Series seminar was held by the soon to be announced Warren Centre for Civil Justice, in partnership with Monash Law Clinics.
Centre Director and Associate Professor Genevieve Grant introduced administrative data and the powerful ways it can shed light on critical civil justice challenges. Genevieve drew on her collaboration with South‑East Monash Legal Service, which explored the strengths and challenges of research using administrative data in CLC settings, as well as generated new insight into the reality of the outcomes achieved in wage theft claims at SMLS. The event provided opportunities for participants to discuss research plans and ideas that use administrative data for research purposes.
The Justice Data Series provided a forum for exploring the considerable research potential in the administrative data collected by Monash Law Clinics and its partners. The series enabled colleagues to come together to build capacity, develop research ideas, and share findings to support practice improvement, advocacy, and access to justice.
Event Details
Justice Data Series: Using administrative data for civil justice research
Date: Tuesday 31 March 2026
Time: 12.30pm - 2pm
Campus: Monash University Law Chambers,
Boardroom Level 1, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Speaker: Associate Professor Genevieve Grant
Associate Professor Genevieve Grant is Director of the Warren Centre for Civil Justice (formerly Australian Centre for Justice Innovation), in the Law Faculty at Monash University. She is co-author of Luntz & Hambly's Torts: Cases, Legislation and Commentary (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2025) and Victorian Statutory Compensation Systems (LexisNexis, 2021, with Jason Taliadoros).
Genevieve's research uses empirical methods to evaluate justice system performance, including the design and operation of dispute resolution, civil justice and injury compensation systems. This work cuts across the fields of dispute resolution, legal technology, injury compensation, legal ethics and health law. Genevieve has experience investigating the perspectives of stakeholders and users (including lawyers, consumers of legal services, compensation claimants, users of online dispute resolution platforms, courts, family law disputants, medical examiners and administrative decision-makers). She is particularly interested in the use of administrative data to enhance access to justice.