Francine McNiff

Francine Valerie McNiff (24 March 1948 - 2 April 2015) was a legal scholar, and was the first female state magistrate in Victoria, Australia.

She completed a thesis in 1977 regarding children's court establishment in Victoria, at Monash University.[1] In 1979 she produced a guide to the children's court practice.[2]

She was appointed Children's Court Stipendary Magistrate in August 1983 after working as a senior legal officer within the Victorian public service.[3] In November 2013, the University of Melbourne created the Francine V McNiff Chair in Human Rights Law, in recognition of her contributions to the field.[4][5]

Selected publications

  • McNiff, Francine V (1979), "Confidentiality and minors: some ethical and legal considerations relevant to psychological counselling in schools", Australian Psychologist, 14 (Nov 1979): 301–310, ISSN 0005-0067
  • McNiff, Francine V (1990), "Admissibility of computer output: tradition v technology", Essays on Computer Law (1990): 401–409, retrieved 5 January 2024
  • Australia. Merit Protection and Review Agency; McNiff, Francine V; Australia. Merit Protection and Review Agency (1993), Digest of decisions of disciplinary appeal committees 1985-1992, Australian Government Publishing Service, ISBN 978-0-644-32942-2

References

  1. ^ McNiff, Francine V; Monash University. Faculty of Law; Monash University. Thesis (1977), Victorian juvenile justice : an analysis of the establishment of Victorian children's courts, retrieved 5 January 2024
  2. ^ McNiff, Francine V; CCH Australia Limited (1979), Guide to children's courts practice in Victoria, CCH Australia Ltd, ISBN 978-0-86903-136-0
  3. ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ "Community advocate for new human rights Chair". 7 November 2013.
  5. ^ "UTR7.290 Francine V McNiff Chair in Human Rights Law (2013 - )". unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 18 May 2023.


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