Access to Justice Committee
The Access to Justice Committee is the Law Council’s longest serving Standing Committee, having been established in 1976 with a request that it give advice on legal aid issues. Since that time, the work of the Committee has expanded considerably.
Issues
The main items on the Access to Justice Committee’s agenda include:
- legal aid funding policies;
- access to justice issues for Indigenous people;
- access to justice for those in regional, rural and remote areas;
- a review of international opportunities to develop the Law Council's access to justice policies and work;
- conducting a biennial National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference;
- pro bono issues, including international pro bono work; and
- developing Law Council policy and responding to inquiries on all matters relating to access to justice and pro bono legal work.
Members
Membership is drawn from the Law Council’s Constituent Bodies with an observer from the Family Law Section. The current members of the Committee are:
- Mr Mark Woods (Co-Chair) - Law Institute of Victoria
- Dr David Neal SC (Co-Chair) - Victorian Bar
- Ms Farzana Choudhury - Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory
- Ms Sharyn Hall SC - New South Wales Bar Association
- Mr Mathew Jones KC - Queensland Bar Association
- Mr Gary Mack - Law Society of Western Australia
- Ms Elizabeth Shearer - Queensland Law Society
- Mr John White - Law Society of South Australia
- Mr Tony Whitelum - Law Society Northern Territory
- Ms Aditi Srinivas - Subject matter expert (Family Law)
Contact
Mr Nathan MacDonald
T. 02 6246 3721
E. Nathan.MacDonald@lawcouncil.au
Mr John Farrell
T. 02 6246 3714
E. John.Farrell@lawcouncil.au
Last Updated on 13/11/2023
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