LawRight News, April 2024
3 weeks until the QLD Legal Walk
The 17th annual Queensland Legal Walk is coming up on Tuesday 14 May. Led by the Chief Justice, the Walk is an opportunity to celebrate the good work done by the pro bono community.
We have over 40 teams registered and $20,000 raised already. Register or donate at www.qldlegalwalk.org.au.
Who LawRight helps
We aim to put pro bono lawyers where they are needed most. While the statistics around our clients are confronting, we can see that we are targeting and reaching communities in need of increased access to justice.
39% of our clients are facing homelessness, 46% are representing themselves in court, 26% reported a disability or mental illness and 24% have experienced domestic violence. We reached communities affected by disaster, rural/regional/remote, older people, children and young people, culturally & linguistically diverse, and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities.
LawRight thanks Friends with stories of impact
On 7 March, we gathered to thank some of our many supporters and Friends of LawRight.
Kindly hosted by Mccullough Robertson, the crowd heard LawRight Chair Jacqueline Wootton (also of Herbert Smith Freehills), Co-CEO Karen Dyhrberg, Tom Ritchie of Counsel, and past LawRight secondees Adam Connolly of Clayton Utz (seconded from Minter Ellison) and Beth Royan of Barry Nilsson Lawyers.
