Issue 125: February 2018
Welcome to the February 2018 issue of AUSTRALIAN PRO BONO NEWS, the Centre’s monthly newsletter providing stories and articles of interest to the Australian pro bono community.
We welcome your feedback, submissions and ideas for both Australian Pro Bono News and our website – please email [email protected] or refer to our Contact page.
For past issues, visit our newsletter Archive.
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Editorial
February 2018
Congratulations to Robert Reed, Special Counsel at Minter Ellison in Brisbane, for being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours List.
Rob was instrumental in developing the Community Investment Program at Minter Ellison to coordinate the pro bono and community engagement efforts of the firm. His humble and passionate commitment to social justice and the law is inspirational to many.
Rob was a director of the Australian Pro Bono Centre from 2007-2016 where his contribution was insightful, practical and enduring. He was also a founding member of the QPILCH (now LawRight) steering/management committee from 2001, where he acted as President from 2010 until 2013, and from 2013 until 2016 he was Chair of the Queensland Law Society’s Access to Justice and Pro Bono Committee.
In 2012 Rob founded the Darkness to Daylight Challenge run of 110km to raise money for victims of domestic violence, which last year raised in excess of $180,000. 110km represents one kilometre for every life lost to domestic violence in Australia in 2011. He ran the first 100km essentially alone and through the night, representing the dark and lonely life of the person in a domestic violence relationship – not knowing if they are going to make it through the night.
He now says his focus “is running all night and seeing how far I get – last year it was 80km.” He continues to do this run and you can support him in this endeavour.
Congratulations, Rob!
John Corker
Issue 125: February 2018
Welcome to the February 2018 issue of AUSTRALIAN PRO BONO NEWS, the Centre’s monthly newsletter providing stories and articles of interest to the Australian pro bono community.
We welcome your feedback, submissions and ideas for both Australian Pro Bono News and our website – please email [email protected] or refer to our Contact page.
For past issues, visit our Archives page.
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Editorial
February 2018
Congratulations to Robert Reed, Special Counsel at Minter Ellison in Brisbane, for being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours List.
Rob was instrumental in developing the Community Investment Program at Minter Ellison to coordinate the pro bono and community engagement efforts of the firm. His humble and passionate commitment to social justice and the law is inspirational to many.
Rob was a director of the Australian Pro Bono Centre from 2007-2016 where his contribution was insightful, practical and enduring. He was also a founding member of the QPILCH (now LawRight) steering/management committee from 2001, where he acted as President from 2010 until 2013, and from 2013 until 2016 he was Chair of the Queensland Law Society’s Access to Justice and Pro Bono Committee.
In 2012 Rob founded the Darkness to Daylight Challenge run of 110km to raise money for victims of domestic violence, which last year raised in excess of $180,000. 110km represents one kilometre for every life lost to domestic violence in Australia in 2011. He ran the first 100km essentially alone and through the night, representing the dark and lonely life of the person in a domestic violence relationship – not knowing if they are going to make it through the night.
He now says his focus “is running all night and seeing how far I get – last year it was 80km.” He continues to do this run and you can support him in this endeavour.
Congratulations, Rob!
John Corker
Wage theft: what can pro bono do to help?
With the publication of Wage Theft in Australia: Findings of the National Temporary Migrant Work Survey, we’re highlighting the crucial need for pro bono work in this space. See the story for more on the report and how two large law firms are helping tackle the problem.
Q&A with Peter Livers, Slattery Thompson
Continuing our series of Q&A interviews with Target Signatories, this month we catch up with a NSW lawyer from a small firm who was nominated for the 2017 Law Society President’s Award. See what Peter Livers, principal of Slattery Thompson, has to share about his many years of involvement in pro bono.
Pro bono staff movements in the new year
See who’s new and who’s been promoted into key pro bono coordination roles at the end of 2017/start of 2018.
Meet the Centre’s Office Administrator
Ju Hi Jin joined our team in late November. You may already have spoken with her over the phone or corresponded with her via email, so we thought we’d share a little bit more about our new(ish) Office Administrator.
