We are revisiting our conversation with County Court Judge Arushan Pillay. He is thoughtful, intelligent, funny and a great conversationalist. We follow his journey all the way from the early years in South Africa and childhood in Tasmania, to the incredible and unexpected phone call he received from the Honourable Jill Hennessy in 2019.

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This week we’re revisiting one of our favourite and most popular episodes, our conversation with the Hon Marilyn Warren QC, AC, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. From feminism to football, leadership to legacy - the conversation was candid, lively, thought provoking and inspiring.

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Our guest on episode 20 is the Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria, the Honourable Peter Kidd. During his first few years in a commercial firm, The Chief was unsure if law was for him, but a decision to move to crime ignited his passion for the profession. After his time at the Commonwealth DPP, he went to the bar and was quickly working on very large and often high profile cases, honing his skills and advocacy style, often under immense pressure. Peter also managed to combine his love of travel with his love of the law, working as a prosecutor at the War Crimes Tribunal in Bosnia; another challenging, enriching and fascinating chapter of his career. Our episode covers all of this and of course his role as The Chief, and is an enlightening and fascinating conversation.

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Genevieve Collins is the Chief Executive Partner at law firm Lander & Rogers. Over the course of her career at Landers she has been a Practice Group Leader for 13 years, the first female Equity Partner and Chair of the Board. Genevieve is passionate about innovation in the law, and to that end has led initiatives in law tech and wellness within the firm - both of which became incredibly important when COVID hit.

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We’re taking a short break from releasing new episodes, but rest assured we’ll be back in a few weeks with wonderful new guests including Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria Peter Kidd, General Council for the AFL Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Partner at Lander & Rogers Genevieve Collins and prisoner advocate Judy Lazarus.

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Throughout his decades of work as a barrister in crime and the coroners court, John Olle has always believed it is a privilege to work on behalf of another person's liberty.

In 2000 John became a Coroner himself and despite the significant workload and unique stresses, he relishes the opportunity to make systematic change and work towards preventing future tragedies.

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Jill Prior is a criminal lawyer who has served as the principal legal officer at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and is now cofounder of the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women. Despite being a natural advocate as a child and student, Jill never planned on a Life in the Law. But after a seminal experience supporting a friend in a sexual assault case, Jill realised that the courtroom and its procedures just made sense to her - and was where she wanted to work.

Judge John Smallwood is instantly recognisable in both the law district of Melbourne and the circuit courts of country Victoria. His Life in the Law began with the now defunct Articled Clerks course, saw him navigate years of relentless back to back murder trials, had him welcomed to the bench of County Court of Victoria, lead the Victorian Koori Court and serve as a mentor & sage for the next generation of practitioners. He knows how to tell a good yarn and it was a pleasure to hear about his considerable Life in the Law.

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His Honour Magistrate Tony Parsons ran his own criminal law firm for many years, was head of Victoria Legal Aid and has just completed eight years as Supervising Magistrate of the Victorian Drug Court.

Tony originally studied science and was very active in student politics at Monash University in the 70’s. He spent years advocating for drug law reform while driving taxis and didn’t come to the law until his late 20’s, viewing it as a pathway to politics. Little did he know that all that real world experience, combined with his love of the law would make him the perfect candidate for Supervising Magistrate of the Drug Court.

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Iconic Australian writer Helen Garner has long been fascinated with our justice system, spending countless hours “hanging around the courts” as she describes it.  Her loitering has resulted in a Walkley Award winning piece for Time Magazine, numerous stories for The Monthly and the best selling novels, ‘Joe Cinque’s Consolation’ and ‘This House of Grief’. 

Helen writes about many facets of our justice system; from complex legal cases and exceptional practitioners, to broken families and the selfless volunteers that support them. Hearing her perspective on our courts and the people that populate them is simply riveting.

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