Tracey Booth

Professor Tracey Booth is Dean and Associate Dean (Education) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Faculty of Law since 2007. A leading international scholar, her research focuses on public confidence in legal processes, victim impact statements (VIS), domestic violence in family law, and the interplay of emotion and judicial decision-making. Her interdisciplinary work spans criminology, psychology, sociology, and law, with a particular emphasis on trauma-informed legal practices and access to justice.

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales (2013)
• Master of Laws (LLM), University of Sydney
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence, University of New South Wales

Booth's research has significantly advanced understanding of victim participation in sentencing hearings, judicial empathy in domestic violence cases, and the emotional dynamics of courtroom proceedings. Her legal ethnographic approach combines empirical insights with doctrinal analysis to inform policy and law reform, notably through ANROWS-funded studies on self-represented litigants and family violence. She advocates for procedural fairness and safety in family law proceedings involving domestic violence.

Her funded projects include the 2010-2012 UTS ECR grant for participative and restorative practices in schools, and the ANROWS-funded 2014-2016 study on family court self-representation and domestic violence. She has authored 76 publications, including the 2016 monograph Accommodating Justice, and won the 2013 Allen Austin Bartholomew Award. Booth has held leadership roles in the NSW Sentencing Council (2014-2022) and developed HDR research training programs at UTS.