NSW Regional Women Lawyers - Pre-Recorded Webinars

WEBINARS AVAILABLE

Session 1 - Available from Thursday 21 November 2024, 1-2 pm

An A-Z of how to be a decision-maker

• Setting up on your own v entering an existing business

• Business structures – roles and responsibilities

• Key financial considerations and ‘due diligence’

• Understanding financial statements

Suzie Delbridge, Delbridge Forensic Accounting, Newcastle in conversation with Charlotte Egan, Principal, Booth Brown Legal, Dubbo

Session 2 - Available from Thursday 12 December 2024, 1-2 pm

Career progression and support

• Having the difficult conversation about career advancement

• How to ask for a pay rise

• Effective mentoring relationships

Rebecca Hegarty, Head of Corporate & Commercial, Bartier & Perry, President of Parramatta & District Regional Law Society in conversation with Jen Spear, Senior Associate Solicitor, Duffy Elliott Lawyers, Dubbo, President Orana Law Society and Vice-Chair of Bushweb, NSW Young Lawyers

Session 3 - Available from Thursday 27 February 2025, 1-2 pm

Equal access to justice: means what right now in regional, rural, and remote areas?
Facilitated by Catherine Henry, principal of Catherine Henry Lawyers featuring Gabrielle Chan, rural and regional editor at Guardian Australia, journalist, and author; Jamelle Wells, author, journalist with Australian Radio Network, and former ABC senior court reporter; Dr Helen McGowan (PhD), director of the Regional Voices Fund and contributor to Place of Practice: Lawyering in Rural and Regional Australia; and Judy Harrison, co-convenor of the National Regional, Rural, Remote and Very Remote Community Legal Network, lawyer, legal policy consultant, and academic.

Session 4 - Available from Thursday 29 May 2025, 1-2 pm

Challenges and opportunities in family law in rural and regional areas

- Career paths in family law in rural and regional NSW

- Rewards and challenges for outback family lawyers

- New developments for family law practitioners across the State

In conversation: Barbara-Rose Townsend, Family Law Solicitor at Legal Aid NSW—who has worked in family law in both Newcastle and Broken Hill—joins Michelle Meares, Barrister at 2 Selborne Chambers, President of NSW Regional Women Lawyers, and former Principal of Family Law firm Meares Law on the Central Coast, and Kymberlei Goodacre, in her capacity as Principal Solicitor at Coffs Law Co., Law Society of NSW Councillor and Regional President Clarence River & Coffs Harbour Regional Law Society