Family & Relationship Law; Workplace Relations & Safety; General Insurance

Dispute Resolution (Civil Regulation)

Family & Relationship Law

Family Law Assistance Program

Employment Law

Corporate (Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets)

Employment Law

The Law and Advocacy Centre for Women (LACW) is a not-for-profit legal organisation focusing on women who are in or at risk of entering the criminal justice system. The LACW provides holistic, comprehensive support for women with their legal issues, as well as in-house case management to address reasons for offending in order to prevent recidivism. In this role, my responsibilities include assisting lawyers with research tasks, drafting court documents and correspondence, drafting chronologies, answering client phone calls and general reception duties, completing client intake with a diverse range of clients and general administrative duties, such as file organisation. I have developed skills using Action Step, EFAS and Microsoft programs.

As Women's Officer for the Monash Student Association (MSA), I managed the Women's Department and sat on the Board of Directors for the organisation. My role as Women's Officer entailed all event coordination, both online and physical, for the department; running all campaigns; working collaboratively with other University clubs and departments for events and campaigns; implementing the University Sexual Assault Policy; liaising with external parties to participate in events; creating content for and managing our Facebook, Instagram and website; producing written content for the Lot's Wife publication; managing the Women's Lounge on campus and managing a subcommittee of 9 members. I ran many events and initiatives throughout the year and was proud to pioneer a multitude of new initiatives, more signifie fort the Women in Leadership Series, Women's Holistic Health Day and implementing multi-campus free sanitary items across both women and gender neutral bathrooms. As a Board Director, my responsibilities included attending and voting at the Student Executive Council Meetings, putting forward motions and overseeing general governance and management of the MSA.

I was an elected representative on Monash Women’s Committee, whereby I was responsible for representing the interests and needs of women and gender diverse students on campus and providing a safe space where women and gender diverse people can be heard. This role involved reviewing and implementing policies at the university, such as the University Sexual Assault Policy, writing content for the Women's Department Column in the Lots Wife publication, assisting in organisation of online events and campaigns, and creating educational social media content for instagram to spread awareness on key issues affecting women.

Everyday Justice is a national, free legal service which seeks to improve access to justice by providing legal advice to the 'missing middle' - people who do not qualify for LegalAid but are unable to afford a private lawyer.In this internship program, I conducted legal research, completed client intake, obtained instructions from clients, drafted legal documents, drafted emails and letters to clients, prepared chronologies, conducted client meetings via phone and undertook general administrative duties. I also gained experience using the ActionStep practice management system.Additionally, this role allowed me to reflect on the benefits associated with innovative legal technologies, in particular Josef Legal's chatbot system which was used during our client intake process to increase efficiency and streamline the intake process.

In this role, I worked alongside a team of 6 other project consultants to achieve specific deliverables to assist Not-for-Profit organisations. We extensively researched complex and varied business issues, critically evaluated these issues against the business we were working with and, from this, synthesised specific recommendations to improve the business. I also conducted professional client meetings. Finally, I worked with my team to prepare a final report outlining our research and recommendations for the client, as well as a slide deck which was presented to the client.

In this role I engaged with and provided assistance to key organs of the firm- solicitors, legal secretaries, paralegals, clerks, office staff and beyond. My strong interpersonal skills enabled positive communication with a wide range of people in order to provide support in their work. My responsibilities included: conducting legal research, preparing briefs for counsel, assisting in the discovery of documents, assisting with the preparation of legal affidavits of documents, court filing, subpoena inspections and associated court matters, general administrative tasks (such as matter organization, scanning, photocopying, proofing) and archiving legal documents. I undertook tasks in an efficient and competent manner, often handling urgent and time-sensitive tasks.

In this role, I worked as both a waitress and bartender for private, corporate and public events. My key responsibilities involved delivering positive outcomes for clients, taking initiative to oversee client needs, customer service, and working in a highly efficient and organized manner.

In this role, my work involved face-to-face customer service, working efficiently in a very fast-paced environment, problem-solving effectively when faced with adversity in store, promoting issue resolution with customers and team members and handling of cash and EFTPOS payments as a well trusted member of the team.

In this role, my key responsibilities included: face-to-face customer service, assuming leadership of team members alongside supervisors, dealing with customer issues and complaints, handling of payment and assisting in the end-of-business day money handling as a trusted team member. This role required me to problem-solve effectively when faced with adversity in store, exercise patience and understanding with customers and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

In this role, I provided tutoring and academic support to VCE Psychology students. I assisted and worked through any queries, helped students grasp difficult concepts and assisted with organisation of study time and workload management.