A day in the life of… Joanne Wade

Asbestos lawyer Joanne Wade, leads a team of three lawyers and eight support staff.

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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.

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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.

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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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A day in the life of… Anna Lenahan

With 450 staff, including 135 lawyers, assets of $96 billion, and insurance deals with one in three Australians, the numbers involved in Anna Lenahan’s job…

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