Ms Jemma Holt

Ms Jemma Holt

  • Biography/ Background

    Jemma Holt is currently working as a Researcher for the South Australian Law Reform Institute. She is also currently working as a Researcher for the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (University of Tasmania).

     

    She has previously worked in the role of Clinical Legal Education Supervisor for two of the free legal advice clinics based at the University of Adelaide Law School: the Adelaide Legal Outreach Service (ALOS) and the Equal Opportunity Legal Advice Service (EOLAS).

     

    She is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide.

      

    She has held sessional teaching roles with both the University of Adelaide and the University of Tasmania in Criminal Law, Evidence and Advocacy subjects.

     

    She has previously worked as a Prosecutor with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Adelaide (2013-2023). She has also worked at the Crown Solicitor's Office (2018), the Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (2020-1), and the Office for Public Integrity (2022). She has also worked as a Prosecutor with Tasmania Police (2019) and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Hobart (2019-20).

  • Qualifications

    June 2011        Admission to Practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia 

    Unrestricted Practising Certificate (current)

     

    March 2007      Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice

    –  May 2011      Flinders University of South Australia

  • Publications

    2023             Holt, J 2023 ‘Evaluation of the Role and Operation of Suppression Orders in South Australia’ Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia), vol. April 2023, viewed 27 Auguts 2023, <https://bulletin.lawsocietysa.asn.au/Bulletin/Content/Articles/2023/April/Suppression_Orders_in_South_Australia.aspx?_zs=jfgel&_zl=nGSU2>

     

    2022             Plater, D, Brunacci, A, Nicolls, H, Holt, J, Okninski, M, Pandos, O, Portelli, T, Narayan, D, Tan, R, Tran, K, Villios, S & Williams, J 2022 ‘Autonomy and Safeguarding are not mutually inconsistent’: A Review of the Operation of the Ageing and Adult Safeguarding Act 1995 (SA) (Final Report 17), South Australian Law Reform Institute, Adelaide.

     

                         Holt, J & Plater, D 2022 ‘Intervening in Elder Abuse: The Overlooked Role of Intervention Orders to Address Elder Abuse’, Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia), vol 44, no. 8, pp. 10-15.

     

    2021             Plater, D, Nicholls, H, Basso, S, Brunacci, A, Holt, J, Jacobs, J, Leaver, A, Muecke, G, Oxlad, M, Pandos, O, Powell, M, Wade, N & Washusen, B 2021 Providing a Voice to the Vulnerable: A Study of Communication Assistance in South Australia (Final Report 16), South Australian Law Reform Institute, Adelaide.

     

    2020             Henning, T & Holt, J 2020 Social Media, Jurors & the Right of an Accused to a Fair Trial (Final Report 30), Tasmania Law Reform Institute, Hobart.

     

                         Holt, J 2020 ‘#Fairness Goals - jurors, social media, and the right of an accused to a fair trial’ Internet Law Bulletin, vol 22, no. 9-10, pp. 129.

     

    Holt, J & Gogarty, B 2020 ‘Juries need to be told how they’re allowed to use the internet to ensure fair trials’ The Conversation, viewed 27 August 2023, <https://theconversation.com/juries-need-to-be-told-how-theyre-allowed-to-use-the-internet-to-ensure-fair-trials-130127>

     

    Holt, J 2020 ‘Updated and improved juror education recommended to address jurors’ use of social media and the internet’, Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia), (2020) vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 14.

    Holt, J ‘Talking Point: #fairness goals – educating juries in the age of social media’, The Mercury, 22 January 2020, p. 18.

     

    2019             Henning, T & Holt, J 2019 Jurors, Social Media & the Right of an Accused to a Fair Trial (Issues Paper 30),Tasmania Law Reform Institute, Hobart.

     

                         Holt, J 2019 ‘Social media, jurors and the right of an accused to a fair trial’, Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia), vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 34.

     

                         Holt, J 2019 ‘“Hey Judge, That’s Just Facebook Stuff” - Social Media, Jurors and the Right of an Accused to a Fair Trial’, Law Letter (Law Society of Tasmania), vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 20.

     

                         Holt, J ‘Talking Point: Fair Trials Sabotaged in Cyberspace’, The Mercury, 23 August 2019, p. 22.

     

     

    ORCID: 0000-0002-5318-0346

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Entry last updated: Wednesday, 17 Apr 2024