Lauren is a Partner in our National Pro Bono Practice Team and has been working in the social justice sector for more than a decade.
In this role, she is responsible for managing the National Pro Bono Practice and coordinating the firm’s overall approach to pro bono, playing a vital role in expanding access to justice for the communities in which we work and live.
Experience & expertise
Working in collaboration with the firm’s National Pro Bono Committee, Lauren sources and undertakes a range of pro bono work, including providing high quality legal advice, conducting litigation, contributing to law reform initiatives and providing community legal education. Her main areas of practice are discrimination, sexual harassment, employment, tenancy and victims of crime matters.
In addition to being a keen litigator, Lauren also enjoys building and implementing innovative service delivery models and strategies, with a core focus on the use of technology and data reporting systems to increase access to justice.
Lauren is known for taking a collaborative approach to legal service provision in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for her clients. She provides leadership, coaching and mentoring to staff who engage in pro bono work across the firm. In addition, she is also responsible for developing relationships with the community and not-for-profit sector to support the firm in providing high quality pro bono services which are genuinely responsive to community need.
Work highlights
Examples of the types of matters Lauren has acted in include:
- Acting for clients in discrimination and sexual harassment claims in the Australian Human Rights Commission, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and various state-based commissions and tribunals
- Acting for many clients in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (including the Appeal Panel) and other state tribunals in various tenancy disputes
- Acting for many clients in the Fair Work Commission and Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia in various workplace disputes. Predominantly, dismissal, general protections and underpayment claims
- Assisting survivors of domestic and family violence and sexual abuse to access the relevant victims of crime statutory compensation schemes across Australia.
Professional background
