Beyond Prima Facie
Beyond Prima Facie is Legal ID's podcast series exploring the people, perspectives and experiences shaping the legal profession. Going beyond titles, achievements and professional profiles, the series features candid conversations with legal professionals and academics about their personal journeys, identities and experiences.
Through discussions on diversity, belonging, representation and the challenges of navigating the legal profession, Beyond Prima Facie encourages law students to challenge assumptions, embrace different perspectives and develop a deeper understanding of the people and communities they will one day serve.
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Episode 1 | Beyond Buzzwords: Rethinking Legal Education
with Monash Law Faculty’s EDI Team: Associate Professor Becky Batagol, Professor Julie Debeljak, Jennifer Cridland, Katie O’Bryan
Episode 2 | From Law School to Law Firm: Finding Your Place in Law
with Will Hodgman & Manisha Peramuna-Arachchi, Graduate Lawyers at MinterEllison
Episode 3 | Breaking Barriers: Redefining Who Gets to Be a Lawyer
with Chami Rupasinghe, Founder of Lejacie & an Australian lawyer (non-practising), legal educator, innovator and writer
Episode 4 | Not Just a Case: The Human Side of Law
with Jessica Markabawi, Senior Lawyer at Australian Centre of International Justice (ACIJ)
Episode 5 | Rewriting the Foundations: Decolonising Legal Academia
with Eddie Cubillo, Founder of Lejacie & an Australian lawyer (non-practising), legal educator, innovator and writer
Episode 6 | Beyond Representation: More Than Just a Seat at the Table
with Professor Meena Singh, Professor of Practice at Monash Law & Former Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Victoria
Episode 7 | Not Just a Degree: The Future of Law Starts Here
with Professor Steven Vaughan, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University
Episode One - Beyond Buzzwords: Rethinking Legal Education
with Monash Law Faculty’s EDI Team:
Associate Professor Becky Batagol, Professor Julie Debeljak, Jennifer Cridland, Katie O’Bryan
Join us to explore EDI, intersectionality, belonging, institutional accountability and the kind of lawyers law schools are preparing us to become.
Episode Three - Breaking Barriers: Redefining Who Gets to Be a Lawyer
with Chami Rupasinghe
Founder of Lejacie, an Australian Lawyer (non-practising), Legal Educator, Innovator & Writer
with Professor Steven Vaughan
Dean of the Faculty of Law at Monash University
Episode Two - From Law School to Law Firm: Finding Your Place in Law
with Will Hodgman & Manisha Peramuna-Arachchi,
Join us to explore the transition from law school to legal practice, different career pathways, navigating clerkships and graduate life, and what it truly means to find your place and belong in the legal profession.
Graduate Lawyers at MinterEllison
Join us to explore identity, representation, the unwritten rules of the legal profession, barriers to inclusion and what it takes to challenge traditional expectations of who gets to be a lawyer.
Episode Seven - Not Just a Degree: The Future of Law Starts Here
Episode Four - Not Just a Case: The Human Side of Law
with Jessica Markabawi
Senior Lawyer at the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ)
Join us to explore different pathways through the legal profession, the human stories behind legal cases, cultural humility, survivor-centred justice and what it means to practise law with empathy and social responsibility.
Episode Five - Rewriting the Foundations: Decolonising Legal Academia
with Professor Eddie Cubillo
Respected Legal Scholar and Leading Advocate for Indigenous Justice & Inaugural Director of the Mabo Centre at the University of Melbourne (Sabbatical)
Join us to explore First Nations laws, histories and perspectives, decolonising legal education, meaningful allyship and the responsibility of law schools to challenge whose knowledge is centred, taught and valued.
Episode Six - Beyond Representation: More Than Just a Seat at the Table
with Professor Meena Singh
Monash Law’s Professor of Practice, Monash Law’s first First Nation Professor & Former Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Victoria
Join us to explore First Nations representation, identity, cultural safety, belonging, breaking barriers in the legal profession and what it truly means to have a voice, influence and the power to create meaningful change.
Join us as we explore queer identity, authenticity and belonging in law, challenging expectations of professionalism, barriers to inclusion and the importance of representation, while discovering why being a good lawyer goes beyond legal knowledge to embrace ethics, empathy and meaningful change.
