Sonya Willis
Department of Law
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Sonya joined Macquarie University in 2016 having previously taught at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney. Sonya currently lectures in Civil and Criminal Procedure and Litigation and has previously taught Private International Law, Conflict of Laws, Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Revenue Law and Business Law. Sonya spent many years as a commercial litigator at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst) and maintains a current NSW practicing certificate. Prior to that Sonya was a taxation specialist at an international accounting firm. Sonya is particularly interested in civil procedure, private international law and legal education. She is the author of Civil Procedure published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012 and is currently completing a doctoral thesis at the University of Sydney on the interaction between case management and procedural fairness in civil litigation. Sonya is also an editorial committee member of the Legal Education Review.
Research Interest
Civil Procedure; Litigation; Alternate Dispute Resolution; Private International Law; International Commercial Arbitration; International Commercial Litigation and Legal Education.
Publications
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Milner-Bolotin M. The effects of topic choice in project-based instruction on undergraduate physical science students' interest, ownership, and motivation. University of Texas at Austin; 2001 May.
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Summerfield NJ, Boswood A, O'Grady MR, Gordon SG, Dukesâ€McEwan J, Oyama MA, Smith S, Patteson M, French AT, Culshaw GJ, Brazâ€Ruivo L. Efficacy of pimobendan in the prevention of congestive heart failure or sudden death in Doberman Pinschers with preclinical dilated cardiomyopathy (the PROTECT Study). Journal of veterinary internal medicine. 2012 Nov 1;26(6):1337-49.
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Johnson MW, Doft BH, Kelsey SF, Barza M, Wilson LA, Barr CC, Wisniewski SR, Vine AK, Blodi BA, Elner SG, Jessup LM. The endophthalmitis vitrectomy study: relationship between clinical presentation and microbioloaic spectrum. Ophthalmology. 1997 Feb 1;104(2):261-72.
