A day in the life of… Nerida Harvey

Nerida Harvey, Principal solicitor of the Law Society of NSW’s Pro Bono & Community Services, shares the ups and downs of her work.A few months after…

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A day in the life of… Joanne Wade

Asbestos lawyer Joanne Wade, leads a team of three lawyers and eight support staff.The Dust Disease Tribunal on Level 11 of John Maddison Tower in…

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A day in the life of… Cathie Armour

Cathie Armour, a commissioner at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), talks about her work.The four-year term of Cathie Armour – one of the commissioners…

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A day in the life of… Patricia*

Just metres from the Nepean River in Sydney’s West is a prison with a difference. Jacaranda Cottages is home to 15 mothers who are serving…

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A day in the life of… Michelle Sanson

Michelle Sanson used to be a solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron and an academic at the University of Technology. But she threw it in to…

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A day in the life of Michelle Kelly

LSJ meets Lismore solicitor Michelle Kelly.Michelle Kelly, 58, started studying law at the Southern Cross University when she was part of the Gunnedah Environment Group…

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A day in the life of… Judge Paul Cloran

The Hunter Drug Court in Toronto, near Newcastle, is one of three specialist courts that seeks an alternative to a revolving door of criminal justice…

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A day in the life of… Vicki Irvine

When Vicki Irvine started working in King & Wood Mallesons’ wellbeing team a decade ago, the job involved organising flu shots and the occasional seminar…

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A day in the life of… Sue-Ellen Hills

Sue-Ellen Hills had two daughters under four when she sat down to watch a program on community legal centres that changed her life. Street Practice…

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A day in the life of… Kerry Murphy

There’s a map of Baghdad on the wall of the new office of D’Ambra Murphy Lawyers on Sydney’s Pitt Street. Kerry Murphy refers to it…

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