Society Committees
Information about Law Society of Tasmania committees, the benefits of getting involved, and a list of Society committees can be found below.
This committee is currently in recess.
Currently meets very two months.
Winner of the Law Society of Tasmania Outstanding Committee Award 2018.
- Dinesh Loganathan – Logan & Partners (Chair)
- Stephen Cronin – Fitzgerald & Browne
- James Crotty – Crotty Legal
- Caroline Graves – Michael Kirby Chambers
- Philippa Monk – Monk Lawyers
- Cameron Scott – Edward Coke Chambers
- Callum Purcell – Hamilton Purcell
- Peter Slipper – Lord Denning Chambers
- James Oxley – James Oxley Barrister & Solicitor
- Rochelle Mainwaring – Tasmania Legal Aid
Currently meets monthly.
Winner of the Law Society of Tasmania Outstanding Committee Award 2021 and 2022.
- Kimberley Martin – WMM Law (Chair)
- Jacinta French – Shields Heritage
- Shelby Llewellyn – Butler McIntyre & Butler
- Victor-David Murray – Tasmania Legal Aid
- Megan Penno – Tremayne Fay Rheinberger
- Alison Wiss – McMullen Lawyers
- Kristen McLagan – Lawyer
Currently meets monthly.
Winner of the Law Society of Tasmania Outstanding Committee Award 2016.
- Harriet Farquhar – Aurora Energy (Chair)
- Sebastian Buscemi – Odin Lawyers
- Emily Creak – Maurice Blackburn
- Craig Green – Dobson Mitchell Allport
- Amelia Higgs – Dobson Mitchell Allport
- Stephanie Manning – Tasmanian Networks
- Adrienne Morton – Crown Solicitor’s Office
- Lily Pasanen – Hall Payne Lawyers
- Henry Pill – Hall Payne Lawyers
- Alison Wells – Butler McIntyre & Butler
Currently meets monthly.
- Mary Anne Ryan – Derwent & Tamar Chambers (Chair)
- Linda Connelly – Clarke & Gee
- Zoey Dwyer – Butler McIntyre & Butler
- Julie Fawkner – Tasmania Legal Aid
- Caroline Graves – Michael Kirby Chambers
- Charlotte Griffith – Simmons Wolfhagen
- David Harper – Dobson Mitchell & Allport
- Sally Rofe – Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
- Meghan Scolyer – Murdoch Clarke
- Simone Watson – Tasmania Legal Aid
- Claire White – Simmons Wolfhagen
Currently meets every two months.
- Luke Taylor – Office of the Solicitor-General (Chair)
- Andrew Buckley – Tierney Law
- Kym Child – Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
- Pierre Dordhain – LHD Lawyers
- Alexander Kendall – Phillips Taglieri
- Gabrielle McDonald – LHD Lawyers
- Victor-David Murray – Tasmania Legal Aid
- David Palmer – Derwent & Tamar Chambers
- Scott Royston – Derwent & Tamar Chambers
- Aysha Williams – McLean McKenzie & Topfer
To be advised.
Currently meets monthly.
Winner of the Law Society of Tasmania Outstanding Committee Award 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
- Alex Bobbi – Dobson Mitchell & Allport (Chair)
- Zoey Donnellan – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Amelia Goss – Rae & Partners
- Cara Hawkins – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Ron Jorgensen – Thomson Geer Lawyers
- Will Justo – Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
- Aurora Kostezky – Tremayne Fay Rheinberger
- Antony Logan – HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
- Robert Manning – Land Titles Office
- Simon Perraton – University of Tasmania
- Sebastian Thomas-Wilson – Tierney Law
Currently meets monthly.
- Simon Gates Burnie Chambers (Chair)
- Sarah Campbell – Tasmania Legal Aid
- Alexandra Eaton – Legal Profession Board of Tasmania
- Rebecca Irwin – TASCAT
- Anastasia Lyudenko – Philippa Willshire
- Craig Mackie – Dobson Mitchell & Allport
- Sally Rofe – Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
- Catherine Scott – Conmoto Group
- Jade Standaloft – Women’s Legal Service
- Emma White – Centre for Legal Studies
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Zoey Dwyer – Butler McIntyre & Butler and
Meghan Scolyer – Murdoch Clarke (Co-Presidents)
- Robert Holbrook – Simmons Wolfhagen (Secretary)
- Bernard Goh – Dobson Mitchell & Allport (Treasurer)
- Audrey Clarkson – Dobson Mitchell & Allport (CPD Coordinator)
- Hayley Crack – Simmons Wolfhagen (Social Media Coordinator)
General Members
- Anna Di Carlo – Page Seager Lawyers
- Sophia Sadri – Page Seager Lawyers
- Isabelle Sutton – Murdoch Clarke
- Sam Griffin – Department of Public Prosecutions
- Mathew See – Butler McIntyre & Butler
- Courtney Shaw – Butler McIntyre & Butler
- Mahum Akbar – Butler McIntyre & Butler
- Georgia Morris – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Hayley Crack – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Tom Cooper – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Robert Holbrook – Simmons Wolfhagen
- Bernard Goh – Dobson Mitchell & Allport
- Stephen Cronin – Fitzgerald & Browne
- Scott Ashby – Bass Legal
The Southern Early Career Lawyers South Committee (SECL) (previously known as the Southern Young Lawyers Committee or SYLC) is a committee of the Law Society of Tasmania that promotes the interests of early career members of the Tasmanian legal profession in the southern regions of Tasmania. All members or associate members of the Law Society of Tasmania who have ten years or less post-admission experience in the legal profession within a State or Territory of Australia are deemed to be members of ECL.
Early career lawyers from local firms and government departments can get involved with the SECL, as well as representatives from the University of Tasmania’s Law School and the Tasmanian Legal Practice Course.
The SECL generally meets once a month to discuss issues relevant to early career practitioners and soon to be admitted practitioners / graduates. The SECL liaises with the Law Society of Tasmania to develop initiatives that address these concerns. Of particular interest to the SECL is the mental wellbeing of graduates and early career practitioners, which has emerged as a critical matter in recent years. The ECLS is committed to acknowledging and addressing this issue and does so by promoting awareness and arranging activities that encourage a positive work/life balance. In addition to its policy framework, the SECL is also engaged in organising professional and social events for the wider profession. Such activities include CPD activities, the annual Tasmanian Golden Gavel competition, bi-annual long lunches and end of year functions.
For more information, or to become involved with the SECL find them on their Facebook page here or on Instagram here @sylc.tas
- Timothy Drew – Rae & Partners (President)
- Claudia Thomas – Rae & Partners (Vice President)
- Jeremy Harris – Douglas & Collins (Secretary)
- Shravaree Tryambake – Bishops (Treasurer)
- Courtney Bailey – Bishops and
Amit Sharma – Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (CPD Coordinators) - Louis Benjamin – Rae & Partners and
Molly Peters – Rae & Partners (Social Coordinators)
General Members
- Mathew Williams – Douglas & Collins
- Emily Hindle – Bishops
- Lauren Binns – Tasmania Police Northern Prosecution Service
- Sally Lawrence – Bishops
- Caitlyn Johnson – Rae & Partners
- Beri Kurdistan – Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management
- Andrew Lonergan – Tasmania Legal Aid
- Lucas Lim – Douglas & Collins
- Henry Austin-Stone – Austin-Stone Lawyers
The Northern Early Career Lawyers Committee (NECL) (previously known as the Northern Young Lawyers Committee or NYLC) is a committee of the Law Society of Tasmania that promotes the interests of early career members of the Tasmanian legal profession in the north of the state. All members or associate members of the Law Society of Tasmania who have ten years or less post-admission experience in the legal profession within a State or Territory of Australia are deemed to be members of ECL. Lawyers from local firms and government departments get involved in ECLs.
The NECL meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to early career practitioners and soon to be admitted practitioners / graduates. The NECL liaises with the Law Society of Tasmania to develop initiatives that address these matters. The NECL is involved in organising professional and social events for the local profession, including CPD activities.
For more information, or to become involved with the NECL contact Timothy.Drew@raepartners.com.au or see their Facebook page here.
- Amber Scott – Rae & Partners and
Callum Tregurtha – North West Community Legal Centre (Co-Presidents) - TBA (Treasurer)
- Sophie Warren – Tasmanian Legal Aid (Secretary)
- Aaron Murphy – McKenzie McLean & Topher and
Kelsey Lewis – Tasmanian Legal Aid (CPD Coordinators)
The North-West Early Career Lawyers Committee (NWECL) (previously known as the North-West Young Lawyers Committee or NWYLC) is a committee that promotes the interests of early career Tasmanian legal professions on the north-west coast. The NWECL is comprised of early career practitioners from local firms as well as members of Tasmania Legal Aid, Tasmania Police and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. All members or associate members of the Law Society of Tasmania who have ten years or less post-admission experience in the legal profession within a State or Territory of Australia are deemed to be members of NWECL.
The NWECL welcomes members located from Latrobe though to Smithton and holds events in Devonport, Ulverstone and Burnie. The NWECL meets monthly to discuss matters for practitioners in the north-west. The NWECL also hosts regular social events such as bimonthly dinners, bi-monthly Friday night drinks and the annual quiz night. Additionally, each year the NWECL has the privilege of hosting the Tasmanian Legal Practice Course students for a tour of the north-west coast and to drinks and dinner with the NW Profession. The NWECL co-ordinates activities with the Law Society of Tasmania and other ECLs to host Continuing Professional Development (CPD presentations) aimed at providing early career lawyers with essential skills for practice.
The key goal of the NWECL is to promote the north-west coast as an area for practice and to support the retention of practitioners on the north-west coast. In achieving this goal the NWECL not only supports early career lawyers, but supports law graduates who are about to enter the profession, and encourages them to seek the opportunities for practice that the NW provides.
To contact this committee and/or join our Facebook group click here.