A day in the life of Anthony Lo Surdo
LSJ meets sports lawyer and arbitrator Anthony Lo Surdo.
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…
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…
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…
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…
A day in the life of… Magistrate Sue Duncombe
It’s a circle of hope. Nine people sit around a wooden table in the NSW Youth Koori Court in Parramatta. A 16-year-old boy who has…
A day in the life of… Michael Antrum
Winter in Queanbeyan is bitterly cold, but the mood in the courthouse is of anticipation, not fear. A pile of papers towers in front of…
A day in the life of… Andrew Cunningham
When he was finishing high school in the early 1980s, Andrew Cunningham wanted to be an architect. His father, an architect himself, talked him out…
A day in the life of… Chris Flynn
Chris Flynn didn’t meet jailed Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste until three days after his release from an Egyptian prison.
A day in the life of… Chris Chow
Not many lawyers have parents of their clients in their offices. But entertainment and intellectual property lawyer Chris Chow found this to be the case…
A day in the life of… Amber Hawkes
When she was 25, Amber Hawkes headed to Chennai in India as a volunteer in one of the most densely populated cities in the world.