Pride in Law Year in Review 2026

Lineup

• More details about Olivia Ronan

  Olivia Ronan

  Olivia is a barrister at Eleven Wentworth, practising primarily in public and commercial law. Prior to coming to the Bar, she was Counsel Assisting the Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth, an Associate to Judges of the High Court of Australia and the Federal Court of Australia, and counsel at the Australian Government Solicitor. She has been a Director of Inner City Legal Centre, the state-wide LGBTQIA+ legal service, since 2016, and the Chair of the Board since 2020.

• More details about Joseph Catanzariti

  Joseph Catanzariti

  Mr Joseph Catanzariti was appointed to the Board of The College of Law Limited in 2009 and has served as Chair since that time. Since his compulsory retirement after ten years as a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission in 2024, Mr Catanzariti has operated an incorporated legal practice where he acts as a mediator across all areas of law and facilitates industrial relations strategies. Before Mr Catanzariti’s appointment to the Fair Work Commission, he was a senior partner of Clayton Utz and Practice Leader of the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group. While practising at Clayton Utz, Mr Catanzariti was a trusted adviser to many of Australia’s leading private companies and government departments, advising on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations. Mr Catanzariti was Co-Chair of the LGBTQI+ Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Law and a Fellow of the College of Law and a co-author of Workplace Bullying, 1st and 2nd editions, published by LexisNexis. In the 2016 Australia Day Awards, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his significant service to the law, to legal education, to labour and employment relations, and to professional legal bodies.