Clement Chun Wai Ng
Clement began as Scientia PhD candidate with the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW in 2020. His PhD focuses on examining the challenges faced by Indigenous children with neuro-disabilities in juvenile justice administration.
Clement was first admitted to practice in 2010. Between 2011 and 2017, Clement was a lawyer at the NT Legal Aid Commission and primarily represented both Indigenous and non-Indigenous young offenders in the Youth Justice Court and the Supreme Court.
In 2016, he was awarded a Churchill fellowship to study juvenile mental health courts and other justice responses to children with mental health issues in USA, Canada and New Zealand.
Prior to commencing his PhD, Clement worked as a senior lawyer at the Legal Policy Division of the NT Department of the Attorney-General and Justice (AGD) and volunteered at the Solomon Islands Law Reform Commission.
Session
This presentation will discuss a particular mixed research design which was developed to overcome research ethical concerns in relation to understanding the experience of Indigenous children with neurodisability involved in the criminal justice system in the Northern Territory. Utilising the benefits of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, this presentation will focus on how to address the tension between protecting the privacy and vulnerability of research subject and maintaining the reliability and validity of research findings. This presentation will likely contribute to an going discussion as to how to best design a research methodology in relation to vulnerable people in a justice setting.