Ms Mandy Shircore

Biography

Ms Mandy Shircore joins UQ from LawRight in Brisbane, where she was a Senior Solicitor in the Health Advocacy Legal Clinic.

Until the beginning of 2020, Mandy was an Associate Professor at the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University, where she served as Head of Law for three years and has also been an Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching. Mandy has a strong interest in access to justice, community law and clinical legal education having worked with the community legal sector in a variety of capacities including as solicitor, management committee member and coordinator of clinical programs.

With a strong commitment to enhancing access to justice, Mandy has worked with the community legal sector for over thirty years in a variety of capacities including volunteer solicitor; board of directors and management committee member. In Cairns this has included as a founding member of the Cairns Community Legal Service, original management committee member of the North Queensland Women's Legal Service and management committee member of the Environmental Defender's Office of North Queensland. In 2006, Mandy’s voluntary involvement in the community legal sector was recognised when she received the Toni Dick Memorial Prize for outstanding community service.

As an academic Mandy has actively promoted and supported the clinical legal studies program whereby students attend the Townsville Legal Service to provide legal assistance to the community under the supervision of solicitors. Since 2015 Mandy has been working to extend the clinical program which now includes seven specialist community legal services across Cairns and Townsville providing placement and clinic opportunities for law students. In 2016, Mandy took eleven students to Cambodia (part-funded through the New Columbo Plan) where they worked within three human rights organisations for three weeks.  A further three years of New Columbo Plan funding has been secured to take law students to Thailand in 2018 - 2020. 

Mandy’s research interests include legal education; negligence and health law.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Craig D, Ray R, Harvey D and Shircore M (2020) Factors which influence hospital doctors' Advance Care Plan adherence. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59 (5), pp. 1109-1126, DOI:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.008.
• Shircore M, Douglas H and Morwood V (2017) Domestic and family violence and police negligence. Sydney Law Review, 39 (4), pp. 539-567.
• De Costa C, Douglas H, Hamblin J, Ramsay P and Shircore M (2015) Abortion law across Australia: a review of nine jurisdictions. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 55 (2), pp. 105-111, DOI:10.1111/ajo.12298.
• Butson L, Shircore M and Butson B (2013) A right to refuse: legal aspects of dealing with intoxicated patients who refuse treatment. Journal of Law and Medicine, 20, pp. 542-559.
• Shircore M, Galloway K, Corbett-Jarvis N and Daniel R (2013) From the first year to the final year experience: embedding reflection for work integrated learning in a holistic curriculum framework. International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 4 (1), pp. 125-133, DOI:10.5204/intjfyhe.v4i1.158.
• Galloway K, Shircore M, Corbett-Jarvis N and Bradshaw R (2012) Using sustainability to inform renewal of the LLB foundation curriculum: knowledge skills and attitudes for the future. Queensland University of Technology Law and Justice Journal, 12 (1), pp. 1-20.
• Shircore M (2012) Shoot first establish liability later: the duty of care owed to mentally ill persons. Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, 5 (1-2), pp. 255-263.
• Shircore M (2010) Lessons learned; accountability and closure: is the coronial process providing what is needed to Indigenous communities? Journal of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, 3 (1 and 2), pp. 55-64.
• Shircore M and Barrett M (2009) Uncomfortable bedfellows: Queensland criminal law and patients' rights to refuse life-sustaining treatment. James Cook University Law Review, 16, pp. 90-121.
• Shircore M (2008) Standardising the standard of the learner driver: Imbree v McNeilly. James Cook University Law Review, 15 (2008), pp. 234-249.

Book Chapters

• Collins P, Corbett-Jarvis N, Galloway K, Schillmoller A, Shircore M, Thiriet D and Bradshaw R (2014) Renewal of the LLB transition curriculum for the new quality regime. In: The First-Year Law Experience: a new beginning. Halstead Press, Canberra, ACT, pp. 130-145

Conference Papers

• Daniel R and Shircore M (2012) Transitioning undergraduate students from law, business, and creative arts towards work integrated learning capstone experiences. Australian Collaborative Education Network National Conference. 29 October-2 November 2012, Deakin Univeristy, VIC, Australia

Awards

• 2017 - JCU Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning awarded to CBLG Work Integrated Learning Team
• 2015 - Inter Alia Cairns JCU Law Society Life Membership in recognition of unwavering support to the JCU Law Students.
• 2012 - JCU Award for Excellence in recognition of outstanding achievement in the category of Learning and Teaching
• 2008 - JCU Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning

Fellowships

• 2013 to 2014 - JCU Teaching and Learning Academy Fellowship (Team) - Always Keeping your Exit in View: Using an ePortfolio from Day 1 to Capstone Experience to Foster Work Ready Students
• 2012 to 2013 - JCU Teaching and Learning Academy Fellowship for Development and implementation of a multi-disciplinary approach to work-integrated learning / capstone experiences for law, business and creative arts students.

Other

• 2015 to 2016 - JCU Learning and Teaching Grant - Developing a community based "super clinic" capstone experience for law students
• 2015 to 2016 - JCU Learning and Teaching Grant - to develop a video - Ensuring JCU Graduates are Connected to the Community.