Trauma-informed approaches to legal processes for historically underserved
Aotearoa | Canada | United States | Scotland | Wales | England
First Leg: Aotearoa
In Auckland, Aotearoa I spent 4 days interviewing Lawyers, Legal educators and victim survivors about skills required for lawyers representing victim survivors of coercive control in the family law system and in high control organisations.
About Me!
Victim Survivor
Activism & Advocacy
I am a proud Aboriginal woman with family connections to Yorta Yorta through my grandfather. I am a victim survivor of child sexual abuse, domestic, family and sexual violence, and I spent 16 years in a cult and 4 years in a faux bible college in the northern rivers of New South Wales before I relocated to Sydney to study law and psychology.
Activism & Advocacy
Activism & Advocacy
I began my advocacy journey as a grassroots activist and organiser on Darug and Gadigal countries. In 2022 I became an advisor to the National Strategy and National Clinical Reference Groups at the National Office for Child Safety. In 2023 I became a member of the Adult survivor college at the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Ab
I began my advocacy journey as a grassroots activist and organiser on Darug and Gadigal countries. In 2022 I became an advisor to the National Strategy and National Clinical Reference Groups at the National Office for Child Safety. In 2023 I became a member of the Adult survivor college at the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, and an advisor to the lived experience advisory and the Aboriginal Women's Steering Committee at Domestic Violence NSW. in 2024 I became an advisor to the National Anti-Racism Campaign at the Australian Human Rights Commission,
Research in Trauma-informed Lawyering
Research in Trauma-informed Lawyering
In 2022 I was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to investigate trauma-informed approaches to legal processes for historically underserved survivors of violence. In 2024, I commenced a PhD in law, focusing on strategically undervalued communities in Australia. In 2025 my colleagues and I are embarking on an Australian Research Centre
In 2022 I was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to investigate trauma-informed approaches to legal processes for historically underserved survivors of violence. In 2024, I commenced a PhD in law, focusing on strategically undervalued communities in Australia. In 2025 my colleagues and I are embarking on an Australian Research Centre of Excellence project focused on women, law and listening to survivors of violence.