NEWS

NSW YOUNG LAWYERS

Patron Awards
Professor Gillian Triggs,
President of the Australian
Human Rights Commission
and NSW Young Lawyers
2016 Patron, announced
the winners of the 2016
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Awards at the Annual with expert witness representation in noise and vibration including:
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The awards recognise
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2016 NSW Young Lawyer of the Year exceptional contributions Industrial deafness 25+ years experience
Marina Kofman, centre, with outgoing by young lawyers to the
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Marina Kofman was named 2016 NSW Young Lawyer of MatthewHarrison@pulseacoustics.com.au
the Year for her work as Vice Chair of the International Law Level 4, 83 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Committee and her active involvement with the International
Bar Association.
Sam Murray was highly commended in this category for his pulseacoustics.com.au
sustained commitment to criminal law and public law and
government committees of NSW Young Lawyers, including
his work in the A Day in the Life of a Criminal/Civil Lawyer
programs.
The Human Rights Committee won the 2016 Best Community
Project for the Refugee Assistance Project, which is designed to
help people seeking asylum fill in their visa application forms.
The Special Committee of Law Student Societies for the
Student Golden Gavel was highly commended in this category.
The Best Professional Project award went to the Family Law
Committee for the Young Lawyers Professional Skills Series,
which runs one or two seminars each month from leaders
in the field. The International Law Committee was highly No time for
city court
commended for the 8th Annual CIArb Australia/Young Lawyers
International Arbitration Moot 2016.

St Patricks College crowned best

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St Patricks College students celebrate their win.

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