National Pro Bono PI Insurance Register
Below is the Register of current approved pro bono projects under the National Pro Bono PI Insurance Scheme, in order of approval.
| Lawyers from the Crown Solicitor’s Office of South Australia (acting as sole practitioners) | Providing assistance to clients referred by JusticeNet SA. | JusticeNet SA | Various dates – 17 Oct 2012 to 20 November 17 |
| Optus in-house lawyer/s | Providing legal advice to charities. | Filipino Community Cooperative Ltd, Silliman University Alumni Association Sydney Australia Chapter | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Elaine Leong | General commercial work undertaken for Touched by Olivia Foundation (which supports children with special needs). | Touched by Olivia Foundation | 12 Jan 2010 |
| Westpac Banking Corporation in-house lawyer/s | Taking referrals from Justice Connect, Good Return and other NFPs and advising clients directly at Homeless Connect and other events. | Justice Connect, Good Return, other NFPs | 11 Mar 2011, 2 Jun 2011 & 17 Jan 2017 |
| Kenneth Hong & ors | Establishing and running the Korean Community Pro Bono Legal Advice Service. | Korean Community Pro Bono Legal Advice Service | 26 May 2011 & 6 Jul 2011 |
| Frank Chila | Providing legal advice on contracts, corporate governance and related issues to the board of Karma Currency Foundation Ltd. | Karma Currency Foundation | 8 Feb 2013 |
| Telstra Corporation in-house lawyers | Providing advice to not-for-profit groups referred by Not-for-profit Law, a service of Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 12 Jun 2013 |
| Melody Ng | Providing legal advice and assistance to CuriousWorks, a non-profit arts and media organisation that commissions and delvelops art/media projects for marginalised community groups. | CuriousWorks | 13 May 2014 |
| Denise Tan | Providing legal advice to Global Consulting Group (aka Graduate Consulting Group), which provides consulting services to not-for-profit organisations. | Global Consulting Group | 22 May 2014 |
| Nerida Harvey & ors | Assisting with the establishment of Indigenous enterprises through the Indigenous Enterprise Legal Assistance Scheme. | Law Society of NSW, NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Elena Grayson | Providing legal advice to Little Cloud Foundation Inc, a not-for-profit organisation that helps orphaned and disadvantaged children in CIS countries. | Little Cloud Foundation Inc | 23 Oct 2014 |
| Alex Longbottom, Brett Fatches & Kate Latham | Providing legal advice to individuals at Carrie’s Place, a women’s refuge. | Carrie’s Place | 23 Mar 2015 & 2 Feb 2016 |
| Westpac in-house lawyers | Providing legal advice regarding governance to governance and structure to Run Against Violence, a not-for-profit that aims to raise awareness about domestic violence. | Run Against Violence | 24 Mar 2015 |
| Debra Spizzo, Victim Support Service | Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service. | Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service | 6 Jul 2015 |
| Richard Clarke | Providing legal services to Shelter SA Inc. | Shelter SA Inc | 22 Jul 2015 |
| Nick Shizas | Providing legal advice to self-represented litigants as part of the City of Sydney Duty Solicitor Scheme. | City of Sydney Duty Solicitor Scheme | 20 Aug 2015 |
| QBE in-house legal team | Providing pro bono legal assistance to the McGrath Foundation. | McGrath Foundation | 4 Nov 2015 |
| Australia Post in-house lawyers | Providing legal advice on referral from Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 2 Feb 2016 & 22 Feb 2016 |
| Bradley Holland & Michael Coleman | Providing legal advice to The Mindful Employer – a program of SANE Australia. | SANE Australia | 10 Mar 2016 |
| Aimee McVeigh & Andrea de Schmidt | Providing legal assistance to clients of Disability Law Queensland. | Disability Law Queensland | 24 May 2016 |
| Vicinity Centres in-house team | Pro bono legal advice as referred by Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 8 July 2016 |
| ANZ in-house team | Pro bono legal work and advice as referred by Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 6 September 2016 |
| Macquarie Group in-house team | Pro bono legal work as part of PIAC’s Homeless Persons’ Legal Service at the Wayside Chapel. | The Wayside Chapel and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre | 13 September 2016 |
| Accenture in-house team | Undertaking legal research and drafting a “Best Practice Guide” regarding domestic and family violence policies. | ACON, Pride in Diversity and Norton Rose Fulbright | 26 September 2016 |
| In-house team at eBay Australia & New Zealand | Providing pro bono assistance in partnership with Corrs Chambers Westgarth. | Corrs Chambers Westgarth | 30 September 2016 |
| In-house team at AEMO | Pro bono legal advice as referred by Justice Connect. | Justice Connect | 27 October 2016 |
| Robert Jacobs | Pro bono legal assistance to young people, primarily children in care or those who are in some way disadvantaged. | N/A | 20 December 2016 |
| Nissan in-house legal team | Pro bono legal advice to the Nissan Australia Foundation. | N/A | 21 December 2016 |
| Dan Cootes | Providing pro bono legal advice to East Willoughby Pre-school Inc. | East Willoughby Pre-school Inc | 18 January 2017 |
| Phoebe Wallace | Providing pro bono legal assistance to Women in Film and TV, a not-for-profit. | Women in Film and TV | 27 February 2017 |
| Leonard Blundell | Providing pro bono legal assistance to WorkVentures, a not-for-profit organisation that empowers excluded communities and individuals into self-sufficiency by providing training and networks that lead to employment. | WorkVentures | 6 April 2017 |
| Leopoldo Jaime Gatica-Lara, Paulose Doss | Providing pro bono legal assistance to the Multicultural Legal Centre. | Multicultural Services Centre of Western Australia | 1 May 2017 |
| Katherine-Anne Waldron | Providing general commercial advice to MWG Group, a business funded largely through grants and personal donations, which focuses on increasing youth engagement in wildlife and environmental efforts. | N/A | 22 May 2017 |
| Hewlett-Packard Enterprise in-house legal team (NSW) | Providing pro bono legal work in partnership with Norton Rose Fulbright for a human rights organisation. | Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Norton Rose Fullbright | 29 May 2017 |
| Richard Brittain | Providing legal advice and representation to self-represented individuals attending the local court as part of the City of Sydney Law Society Duty Solicitor Scheme (Downing Centre Local Court). | City of Sydney Law Society Duty Solicitor Scheme (Downing Centre Local Court) | 2 June 2017 |
| Sarah Bastian-Jordan and Simone Matthews | Pro bono legal work with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) Legal Service Project, providing early-intervention legal assistance to Indigenous clients/patients. | Institute for Urban Indigenous Health | 30 June 2017 |
| Lawyers from the Office Of the Director Of Public Prosecutions (SA) (acting as sole practitioners) | Providing assistance to clients referred by JusticeNet SA. | JusticeNet SA | Various dates – 26 Sept 2017 to 14 December 2017. |
| John Paul Thompson | Pro bono legal work in the Federal Circuit Court for a client who is not elligible for Legal Aid. | N/A | 4 December 2017 |
| Alana Kiran Phadke | Pro bono legal work in NSW. | N/A | 13 December 2017 |
| Members of the AMP Legal & Governance Team | Providing assistance to the Cancer Council NSW Pro Bono Program in the areas of employment law, superannuation/insurance, powers of attorney, consumer credit and disputes. | Cancer Council NSW | 22 January 2018 |
| Lawyers from Allens with the assistance of an ANZ in-house lawyer | Providing assistance to Tenants Queensland Inc to research and potentially prepare a submission on minimum standards in rental properties in Queensland under the Reisdential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 (Qld). | Tenants Queensland Inc | 28 February 2018 |
| Lawyer from the Westpac Banking Corporation | Providing legal advice as trustee for the St George Foundation, the Westpac Community Trust and the Westpac Bicentennial Trust. | St George Foundation, the Westpac Community Trust and the Westpac Bicentennial Trust | 1 March 2018 |