Indigenous Issues

Committee

Indigenous Issues Committee

The role of the Indigenous Issues Committee is to represent the Law Society and its members on legal policy and practice issues arising in relation to Indigenous people in NSW.

The Committee's priorities include developing and commenting on law reform and legal policy proposals; educating the legal profession about changes to the law, and providing guidance on practice and other issues; exchanging information about issues arising in legal practice; and providing steering advice to the Law Society on its Indigenous Reconciliation Strategic Plan 2019-2022.

In 2021, the priority issues for the Indigenous Issues Committee are Indigenous incarceration rates; Aboriginal self-determination, community empowerment, cultural heritage protection, consumer protection, and access to justice.

2022 Committee:

J. Behrendt (Chair), D. Captain-Webb (Dep Chair), Z. Armytage, B-J. Attard, S. Bailey, S. Calnan, R. Cook, S. Crellin, Z. De Re, L. De Silva, B. Dufty, M. Dupuis, J. Fing, M. Gleeson, L. Holden, M. Holden, J. Lovric, T. McComsey, P. Mulroney, B. Murray, P. Novotna, R. Sexton, K. Smith.