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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I have rotated in the following teams: - Insurance and Corporate Risk - Dispute Resolution- Mergers and Acquisitions - Competition, Consumer and Regulation

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Research Clerk in MinterEllison's Insurance and Corporate Risk Team, my role involved:- Preparing legal research memoranda and assisted with legal precedent updating - Assisting with preparation of advice for clients - Preparing summaries of records and expert reports for client advice (including medical records and reports)- Participating in business activities and events for team building, networking, educational enhancement

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Completed a clerkship with MinterEllison's Insurance and Corporate Risk team where my tasks included:- Preparing legal research memoranda and assisting with legal precedent updating - Assisting with preparation of advice for clients - Preparing summaries of records and expert reports for client advice (including medical records and reports) - Preparing file note and assisting with OAIC conciliation - Participating in clerk and business activities and events for team building, networking, educational enhancement and charitable purposes

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Completed legal clinic placement at Caxton Legal Centre’s Domestic Violence Duty Lawyer Service at the Brisbane Magistrates Court where my tasks included:- Assisting the duty lawyer in a legal administrative role with client consultations and court mentions - Corresponding with clients throughout their matters to help enable the efficient and timely provision of legal advice - Reviewing Police Protection Notices and other relevant documentation with the duty lawyer- Preparing file notes

Brisbane, Australia

- Regularly delivered key performance indicator targets and fulfilled assigned department and store budgets through skilful employment of various sales techniques- Coordinated with my on-floor team and other departments to ensure customer receivestailored customer experience for guaranteed customer satisfaction- Established effective and ongoing relationships with clientele for company

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Completed a clerkship with Herbert Smith Freehills’ Dispute Resolution team where my tasks included: - Preparing legal research memoranda and assisting with legal precedent updating - Preparing file notes of court hearings and witness and client meetings- Preparing summaries of witness reports and documents - Advisory work for LawRight including letter drafting and preparing summaries of records and documents - Participating in clerk and business activities and events for team building, networking, educational enhancement and charitable purposes

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Completed work experience with Minter Ellison’s Insurance and Corporate Risk Team where my tasks included: - Preparing summaries of records and expert reports for client advice (including medical records and reports) - Preparing file notes of witness and client meetings, compulsory conferences and court hearings - Conducting legal research

Brisbane, Australia

Successfully promoted company and the brands they represented to students via interpersonal and communication skills at various events, with the aim of helping them manage money, prepare for the workplace, find jobs and make informed career and life decisions.

Awarded UQ Winter Research Scholarship in 2017. Research project conducted with Mater Research Institute/University of Queensland under Professor Sailesh Kumar (Senior Staff Specialist Maternal Fetal Medicine/Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Mater Mothers' Hospital and Head of the Academic Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Faculty of Medicine in UQ) researching neonatal and maternal outcomes with prolonged second stage of labour.During the project, I gained incredible experience and a passion for clinical research. I completed tasks according to ongoing set deadlines, collaborated effectively with my team in a research environment, formed excellent written skills and advanced my data analysis skills. This included the organisation, management, analysis and display of small and large, qualitative and quantitative datasets across a hospital patient database. I am fluent in several data management systems and software including Excel and R.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Regularly delivered KPI targets, took customer orders and worked with my team to ensurecustomer satisfaction

Graduate Diploma Of Legal Practice

Bachelor Of Laws (Honours) - Graduate Program

Activities and Societies: Social Touch Football - Law School Dean’s List (Semester 2, 2020) - Law School Dean’s List (Semester 1, 2022)

Bachelor Of Science, Biomedicine

Dean’s Commendation for Academic Achievement (Semester 2, 2017)

Certificate Of Academic Merit (2015)

Activities and Societies: Save the Children Service Club - Volunteer (2015); Kirsten Jack Leukaemia Club - Volunteer (2015); Junior.

Education record