LAWYER Farzana Choudhury is the new president of the ACT Law Society.
Choudhury is currently the disability law supervising solicitor at Canberra Community Law (CCL) and has also worked as an in-house lawyer with the Australian Government.
She is passionate about human rights, disability discrimination and poverty law.
“I’m thrilled to be elected as President of the ACT Law Society,” Choudhury said.
“I am particularly excited to be the first community lawyer to hold this position. My passion for access to justice, which is inspired by my day-to-day work with people experiencing barriers, gives me a useful perspective on the Law Society’s existing strategic focus areas.”
Members of the newly elected Law Society Council are:
PRESIDENT
Farzana Choudhury
VICE PRESIDENTS
Susan Platis
Tim Dingwall
TREASURER
Vik Sundar
SECRETARY
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Elizabeth Carroll
COUNCILLORS
Andrew Allan
Georgia Briggs
Catherine Coles
Chris Donohue
Sarah Milson-Mahy
Adam Peppinck\
Amy Pyett
Lisa Quilty
Mark Tigwell
Amanda Wescombe
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