2025 NSW Regional Women Lawyers - Professional Skills Webinar series

NSW Regional Women Lawyers Webinar Series – February Session

Welcome to the 2025 NSW Regional Women Lawyers series of webinars – designed to keep you informed, engaged and supported in all areas of your practice.

For women in law practicing in rural, regional, and remote (RRR) areas, the challenges and opportunities often differ greatly from those in metropolitan centers.

Our first webinar for the year will set the scene for the smorgasbord of substantive topics being rolled out during 2025.

‘Equal access to justice’: means what right now in regional, rural and remote areas?

Thursday, 27 February 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM AEDT

What we’ll explore:

• Running a practice and succession planning
• How ‘access to justice’ is going in RRR areas
• What the future looks like – driving momentum

This session is a conversation between prominent women involved in regional access to justice, including:

• Gabrielle Chan – Rural & Regional Editor at Guardian Australia, Journalist and Author
• Jamelle Wells – Author & Journalist, Australian Radio Network, former ABC Senior Court Reporter, Radio & Television News Presenter
• Dr Helen McGowan – Director, Regional Voices Fund, Community Advocate, Contributor Place of Practice; Lawyering in Rural and Regional Australia
• Judy Harrison – Co-convener, National Regional, Rural, Remote and Very Remote Community Legal Network, lawyer, legal policy consultant, academic

Facilitated by Catherine Henry, Catherine Henry Lawyers

Ticket Pricing (including GST):

NRWL Members: $33, Non-Members: $55, Students: $11, plus booking fees.

If this webinar is relevant to your legal practice or professional development, you may record 1 CPD point.

A comprehensive lineup for 2025

Practicing law in RRR areas often means wearing many hats and overcoming unique challenges, from limited networking opportunities to differing client needs and legal landscapes. Women in these regions are often at the forefront of innovation and resilience, but the professional isolation can be significant.

NRWL’s webinar series is designed to bridge that gap, offering a space where you can:

• Learn from leading legal professionals who understand RRR contexts
• Gain practical insights to grow your practice and build your career
• Connect with a broader network of like-minded professionals facing similar challenges

We’ve curated a robust calendar of webinars for 2025, focusing on topics that matter most to lawyers in RRR areas. Here’s a preview of our upcoming webinars:

Thursday, 27 March 2025
Family law practice in remote areas – with Barbara-Rose Townsend, Family Law Solicitor who has worked in the Family law arena in both Newcastle and Broken Hill, in conversation with Michelle Meares, Barrister and former Family Law Solicitor and Principal of Meares Law.

Thursday, 24 April 2025
Broadening your wills and estates practice to become an elder lawyer – with Sue Field, Adjunct Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University with responsibility for teaching elder law and Director of the Australian Centre for Elder Law, in conversation with Kim Boettcher, Barrister at Frederick Jordan Chambers, former Solicitor at Seniors Rights Service, and Member of the NSW Bar Association’s Succession and Elder Law Committee (2021–2024).

Thursday, 29 May 2025
Acting for victims of historical abuse in regional NSW – with Karen Stott, Principal at ADR and Mediation Services, in conversation with Margot Stubbs, former Magistrate and Barrister, now leading the institutional abuse practice at Catherine Henry Lawyers.

Thursday, 26 June 2025
Conducting mediations in the country – with Karen Stott, Principal at ADR and Mediation Services, in conversation with Linda Crawford, Senior Associate and Health Lawyer at Catherine Henry Lawyers.

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To become an NRWL member and enjoy discounted rates for all webinars, you can sign up here: https://events.humanitix.com/annual-membership-2024-2025?hxchl=hex-pfl