Dr. Julieta Marotta


Assistant Professor & Acting Academic Programme Director

Research group(s):
4. Governance and institutions
7. Social Protection
6. Migration and Development

Julieta Marotta is assistant professor at UNU-MERIT and acting Academic Programme Director of the MSc in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP). Julieta holds a PhD from Maastricht University/United Nations University on access to justice and legal empowerment of victims of domestic violence. Her research interest is on inclusive forms of access to justice and legal empowerment through empirical legal research. Currently, she is undertaking research on access to justice for children.

Julieta performed as Academic Programme Director of the MPP. She also coordinated, lectured, and tutored, other courses for the MPP, for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, for the Faculty of Law, and for the Maastricht School of Management on topics related to public policy and qualitative methods. Julieta also lectured for the doctoral programme at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. In addition, Julieta works as academic advisor for University Colleague Maastricht and performed as coach for the Premium project at Maastricht University.  

Julieta holds an LLB degree from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an LLM degree from Louisiana State University (US). Julieta is admitted to practise law in Argentina and has worked for law firms in Argentina and the US. Further, since the summer of 2016 she is a certified mediator by Tulane University (US) and Humboldt University (Germany).

She worked as coordinator for the Louisiana Civil Justice Center (US), was an intern at UNESCO, Institute for Lifelong Learning, and was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Foundation Law and the Law of Non-Profit Organizations at Bucerius Law School (Germany) during the fall of 2010. In the summer of 2017, Julieta was visiting researcher at the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School (US). More recently, during the summer of 2018, she was a visiting researcher at Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Spain). She undertook fieldwork on access to justice in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, and the US.

Research interests

  • Public Policy

  • Public Interest Law

  • Access to Justice

  • Domestic Violence

  • Childhood

  • Legal Empowerment

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Empirical Legal Research




Selected publications by Julieta Marotta


Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Marotta, Julieta & A Parise, 2022, El aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) en la educación jurídica y su aplicación en un ámbito multicultural, Revista Academia, 19(38), More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2021, Using the justice system as a ‘magic wand:’ lessons from victims of domestic violence in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, DOI: 10.1080/09649069.2021.1996081, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, 2020, Public and Private Intermingled: Changes in the Family and Property Laws of Argentina, Journal of Civil Law Studies, 13(2): 383-415, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2019, Nuevas formas de participación democrática en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ejercidas por las víctimas de violencia doméstica, DFyP, La Ley(5): 8-, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, El empoderamiento legal y las organizaciones legales estatales a la luz de las voces de las víctimas de violencia doméstica, Experiencias de Empoderamiento Jurídico en América Latina (Spanish version), NAMATI: 31 - 38, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, Legal Empowerment and State Legal Organizations In Light of the Voices of Victims of Domestic Violence, Legal Empowerment Experiences from Latin America. NAMATI: 31-38, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, Disposiciones que promueven el empoderamiento legal en víctimas de violencia doméstica: The impact of the type of care utilized by mothers on under-five mortality of their children, LLCABA2018(abril): 1-, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, El Empoderamiento Legal, Revista Juntas Somos Más(14): 10-11, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, 2014, Argentina - On Codes, Marriage, and Access to Justice: Recent Developments in the Law of Argentina, Journal of Civil Law Studies (JCLS), 7: 237-268, More information


Book chapters
Marotta, Julieta & A Parise, 2023, El aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) y la consolidación de un derecho antidiscriminatorio en el marco del Covid-19, in: Piccone, M. V., Lambrecht, M. P. (eds), Prácticas de la enseñanza y la investigación en Ciencias Jurídicas: Innovaciones curriculares para la transverzalización de la perspectiva de género-s y derechos humanos, Sociedad Argentina de Sociología Jurídica (SASJu), Córdoba, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2023, The International Legal Framework on Gender-Based Violence, in: Parveen Ali, Michaela M. Rogers (eds), Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide, Springer, Germany
Marotta, Julieta, 2023, The Inclusion of Mediation in the Family Justice System of Argentina. An Empirical Study of Law, Courts, and Actors, in: Mavis Maclean and Rachel Treloar (eds), Family Justice Systems for the Research Handbooks in Law and Society, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, UK
Marotta, Julieta, 2022, Developing Holistic and Inclusive Family Justice in Argentina, in: Mavis Maclean (Anthology Editor), Rachel Treloar (Anthology Editor), Bregje Dijksterhuis (Anthology Editor), What Is a Family Justice System For?, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK


UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Laar, Mindel van de , Julieta Marotta & Lisa de Graaf, 2024, Higher Educational Systems and E-resilience, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2024-003
Marotta, Julieta, 2014, Means to improve access to justice and legally empower victims of domestic violence: An empirical legal study on legislation and legal offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-074


Conference contributions
Marotta, Julieta & A Parise, 2023, Nuevos contextos para los métodos activos y pasivos de enseñanza en ciencias jurídicas, Conversatorio sobre métodos de enseñanza en ciencias jurídicas: Tradición e Innovación en el siglo XXI
Marotta, Julieta, 2023, Reflexiones sobre un sistema judicial para la niñez y adolescencia. A la luz del cuadro-objeto “Exclusión” (1999), de Pablo Suárez, Arte y Derecho en Girona, Encuentro '23, Universitat de Girona
Marotta, Julieta & Laura Lora, 2023, Childhood and Legal Capacity: Right to Participate in the Process, Family Justice and Mental Incapacity, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
Marotta, Julieta & Laura Lora, 2023, Maltrato institucional. Reflexiones a la luz de la película Leonera, 5 Encuentro Internacional sobre Cine, Series y Derecho 2023
Marotta, Julieta & A Parise, 2022, El aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) y la consolidación de un derecho antidiscriminatorio en el marco de covid-19, 2da Jornada sobre Innovación en las Prácticas de la Enseñanza y la Investigación en las Ciencias Jurídicas
Marotta, Julieta, 2022, Judicial Understanding of the Impact of Mental Health in Intimate Partner Violence, MEPLI
Marotta, Julieta & Laura Lora, 2022, Developments in Argentina on the Understanding of the Child as a Subject of Procedural Rights, IISL June 9-10 2022, Virtual
Marotta, Julieta, 2021, Digitalization and Awareness of Resources for Women Victims of Violence, Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls Digitalisation for SDG 5.2: Exploring Implications, Opportunities and Threats, On-line Conference, SITE4Society, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2020, Multidisciplinary Assistance and Family Law: The Case of Argentina, M-EPLI Talk
Marotta, Julieta, 2020, An International Perspective on Violence Against Women and Access to Justice, Violence Against Women E-conference, UNICEF Student Team Maastricht
Marotta, Julieta, 2020, A Fifth Wave of Access to Justice in the Family Law of Argentina, What is a Family Justice System For?, International Institute for the Sociology of Law
Marotta, Julieta & Lutz Krebs, 2019, Feeling the Benefit of Inclusion: the Value of “These Other People” in a Diverse Classroom, 2019 NASPAA Annual Conference in Los Angeles, California
Marotta, Julieta, 2019, How do Victims of Domestic Violence Participate in the Legal Process? An Empirical Approach to the Work of Public Prosecutors in Buenos Aires, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, 2018, Herramientas de Mentoría y Coaching en el ámbito Universitario: Experiencias en el ámbito Local e Internacional, Faculty of Law, University Buenos Aires, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, New Forms of Democratic Participation in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) as used by Victims of Domestic Violence, Workshop 2: Populism and Comparative Approaches to Democratic Theory. 20th General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Fukuoka. Japan, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, 2018, Family Law in Argentina: Recent Developments in Access to Justice, Biennial Meeting of the RCSL Working Group on Comparative Study of Legal Professions. Andorra, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, Judges in the City of Buenos Aires, Workshop Gender and Judging in the Middle East and Africa: Emerging Scholarship and Debates. Oñati, Spain, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, The Disadvantage of Treating the Judicial System as a Magic Wand: Lessons from Voices, Second Conference on Empirical Legal Studies in Europe. Leuven, Belgium, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Agustín Parise, 2018, El aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP) y su aplicación en un ámbito multicultural, Conference, Faculty of Law, University Buenos Aires, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Innovative Strategies for Assessing Risk in Domestic Violence Cases and Obtaining Access to Justice , NACM ‐ IACA Joint Educational Conference, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2016, Acceso a justicia y empoderamiento legal: Las víctimas de violencia doméstica en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2014, Tailor-Made Public Policies for Women Victims of Domestic Violence: An Empirical Study on Legislation and Legal Aid Offices in Argentina, IPSA – AISP 23rd World Congress of Political Science, Challenges of Contemporary Governance, Montréal, Canada , More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2014, Access to Leal Aid Offices that Legally Empower Vulnerable Groups: the Case of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009-2014), LSE Social Justice in the Next Century, London School of Economics, London, UK , More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2014, Means to Improve Access to Justice and Legally Empower Victims of Domestic Violence: An Empirical Legal Study on Legislation and Legal Aid Offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7th IACA Conference, Sydney, Australia , More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2012, Access to Justice and Domestic Violence: Expedite and Transparent Services for Victims as Implemented in Argentina (2009-2012), 9th LSRC International Research Conference, Rights and Wrongs? Developments in Access to Justice Magdalene College, Oxford, UK , More information


Theses
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of Victims of Domestic Violence through Legal Organisations in the City of Buenos Aires: A Qualitative Empirical Legal Study, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information


Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Marotta, Julieta & Laura Lora, 2024, May I Access My Right to be Heard?, Children's Rights research blog series, More information
Marotta, Julieta & Mindel van de Laar, 2024, The Unknowing Force of Education: Lessons from the Pandemic, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2020, On the virtual frontline: ‘Ensuring education while protecting the well-being of everyone’, UNU-MERIT Blog post, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2018, Access to Justice: A Driver for the Sustainable Development Goals, M-EPLI blog, the Maastricht European Private Law Institute, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Access to Justice Initiative: Enabling Domestic Violence Survivors to Protect Themselves, Panel at Fordham Law School/National Center for Access to Justice, More information
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Acceso a justicia desde la visión de las víctimas de violencia doméstica, Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Abierta Interamericana
Marotta, Julieta, 2017, Lessons from Voices: Empirical Findings on Domestic Violence and Legal Empowerment, M-EPLI blog, the Maastricht European Private Law Institute, More information


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