Humans of Law Land

Judge Yehia is a judge of the District Court of New South Wales. Her Honour graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1989. After College of Law, Her Honour became a solicitor advocate at the Legal Aid Commission of NSW before coming to the bar in 1999. Her Honour took silk in 2009 and that same year appeared in long-running terrorism trials, R v Baladajam and R v Elomar.   In 2014 Her Honour was appointed as a judge, with Attorney General Brad Hazzard noting "Ms Yehia is a formidable criminal law practitioner and over the course of her 24 year career she has helped thousands of disadvantaged people to get a fair trial". 

In this episode Her Honour and I discuss:
- Being a diverse judge 
- Law school as a woman of colour in the 80's
- The future of law 

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 From his early years of attempting acting to finally finding his purpose as a lawyer. Peter shares with us the ups and downs he has faced on his journey to becoming a lawyer. 

Peter is a dynamic, hardworking and ambitious young lawyer. You can learn more about his work experiences here: https://au.linkedin.com/in/petermuzariri 

My guest on this episode is Tanya Mhlanga, a Zimbabwean born, New Zealand based solicitor, Digital Content Creator and Ethnic Youth Advisor. She holds a BA in Law from Waikato University where she is currently pursuing her masters in law. Her inquisitiveness and natural desire to help those who cannot help themselves is the main drive behind her legal career. On the digital content front, Tanya’s social media has over 6000 followers and she is currently a Dose & Co Ambassador.

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In this episode Mahmoud and I talk about striving for excellence, law and morality and how he sees his role as the 2021 Ethnocultural Officer at Sydney University Law Society (the largest and one of the oldest law societies in Australia). 

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A very special episode this week! I will be talking to Fern, a law student in Queensland and the Founder of Law Student Australia 

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Welcome to a new season of Humans of Law Land 

For those of you who are new to Humans of Law Land this podcast is a platform,  where people from diverse backgrounds come to share their law success stories, and lessons learned. This is not just ethnic and linguistic diversity, but diversity of thinking, age and area of legal practice. That being said, the main diversity we are concerned with remains ethnic and gender diversity because the lack of diversity in the Australian legal system is problematic – with the high Court still being a white boys club since 1901, a trend which unfortunately is reflective of the top tiers of the legal profession. 

In addition to showcasing the diverse voices that are in the legal profession,  this podcast hopes to be your guide through your law journey. Law school is hard, we hope to make this experience as exciting and stress free as possible by sharing stories of people who have excelled in the profession and in law school, with an emphasis on sharing the stories of black, brown and Asian people because representation matters, we cannot become what we cannot see. 

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In this episode I speak with a lawyer who has really harnessed the art of using social media both for their personal brand and to attract clients. More than his innovativeness, Kyle has a unique perspective of the legal profession, from how he got into it to how he manages to stay mentally well. Kyle is someone you definitely want to hear from. 

In this episode I speak with Duranka on how he has managed to gain work experience and navigate law school as an International student. 

In this episode Lee and I discuss  Johnny Depp's libel case. We ask whether the judgement was fair, whether Johnny Depp was abused by Amber, we consider whether judge Nicoles should have recused himself. 

In this episode I talk about how I bounced back from getting 79 clerkship rejections back in 2019. I know that clerkship confirmation letters are out this month and this one is for those of you feeling a little defeated. Hope you enjoy it.