Juris Sisters

This week the juris sisters are chatting with Lucy Cornford from Clayton Utz about her experience as a young lawyer navigating the job market and clerkship process. Lucy explains how she loves her job in the construction team and that whilst practicing commercial law it is possible and important that you still live in alignment with your values.

Join us as we chat with Meg Lee, a partner in the Property and Projects team at Hall & Wilcox. Meg explains how she broke down barriers to become a partner whilst balancing family life. As a science/law grad, Meg describes how she forged a niche career in a field she is genuinely passionate about. Meg describes the mentorship opportunities and support available for women at Hall & Wilcox. This episode is not to be missed! 

Join us as we chat with Laura Hartmann, a passionate legal designer and academic. We chat about everything from trans-rights to innovation in the law and challenges the legal industry and the community more broadly face with implementing AI in the workplace. 

In this episode the Juris Sisters interview Michelle Dixon about her time as CEO of leading Australian law firm Maddocks. Their conversation covers topics such as women's leadership, domestic labour during the pandemic, unconscious bias law, gender equality and the need to give back to the community. 

Welcome back to the Juris Sisters! After a hiatus filled with Christmas celebrations, New Year's debacles, lots of food and COVID-19, we are delighted to be back! This episode was recorded at the end of last year, so tune in to hear Hilly and Nat have a bit of a yarn about Nat's Summer Clerkship experience at Allens. In today's episode we will be chatting with Abbey Dalton, one of the founders of the Disabled Australian Lawyers Association. Abbey discusses barriers facing disabled lawyers, explains what exactly 'Inspiration Porn' is and the nuances surrounding disability-first language. 

Stephanie Cameron started at her career at Ashurst in Japan! But her journey to Japan was not smooth sailing by any means... Join us as we reflect on shut doors becoming happy endings. After all, resilience is a great soft skill to add to your resume.  

In this episode, Natalia and Hilly have a chat about the challenges that most law students face in the early stages of their career, like securing that elusive first legal job. They reflect on some of the barriers they have had to overcome and what they wish they had known when they started law school. 

For law students unsure about what the future holds, Paula Geber is a testament to the utility of staying true to yourself and that it is never too late to chase your dreams. Paula was a successful partner in a commercial law firm when she quickly realised human rights were her true passion. Now, Paula is an academic with volumes of published literature and an incredibly vast knowledge of international human rights issues. Join us as we learn more about the issues plaguing LGBTIQ+ persons internationally. 

This week we chat with Amie Frydenberg about her novel job sharing arrangement that has helped her act as partner at Lander and Rogers whilst being a mother to her two gorgeous children. Join us as we discuss the barriers that mothers may face approaching partnership, home schooling during the pandemic and the #metoo movement changing the way that we move through the world. 

This week we chat to Alice Pung, a celebrated author, lawyer and mum of three. Join us as we learn about Alice's unique family history, glass ceilings she broke through and how to organically manifest diversity in the workplace.