Erin Gough on the superpower of storytelling and representation
A lawyer by day, an award-winning author by night: the same themes that underlie Gough’s work in law also underpin her fictional worlds
By Cat Woods - 5 min read
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…
By Jane Southward - 2 min read
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…
By Jane Southward - 2 min read
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…
By Jane Southward - 3 min read
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…
By Jane Southward - 3 min read
A day in the life of… Celine van Golde
There’s a locked room at the University of Sydney that may hold hope for some Australian prisoners who claim they have been falsely convicted of…
By Jane Southward - 3 min read
A day in the life of… Jon Wright
Jon Wright has a thick wooden door between his office and the stairs to his home above. With three children under the age of four…
By Jane Southward - 3 min read
A day in the life of… Thomas Spohr
Thomas Spohr’s office looks south over the seedier parts of Sydney towards Central Station. It seems appropriate, as his work is filled with grim stories…
By Jane Southward - 3 min read
A day in the life of Van Thu Pham
Van Thu Pham was 11 when she arrived in Australia after a five-day ordeal in a wooden boat as her family of seven escaped from…
By Jane Southward - 2 min read
A day in the life of… Heather McKinnon
The Lidcombe office of the Women’s Legal Service of NSW is a rabbit warren of offices in an unglamorous, two-storey red brick house in a…
By Jane Southward - 2 min read
A day in the life of… Andrea Wilson
Andrea Wilson’s office in Ultimo is a subdued and tranquil haven in which her clients discuss the most important and intimate details of their relationships. Sperm…
By Jane Southward - 2 min read