How one lawyer is filling a market gap by drawing on her privilege and experience with Sheetal Deo

29/03/2021 1h 0min Episodio 54
How one lawyer is filling a market gap by drawing on her privilege and experience with Sheetal Deo

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Episode no. 54 is with Sheetal Deo, Founder of Shakti Legal Solutions and Ethnic+. Our discussion covers: An image problem the legal profession has created itself; Her key reasons for starting Shakti Legal Solutions; The mechanics of its unique model; The resistance she faced as a junior lawyer in establishing a law firm; How Sheetal is helping other lawyers who want to help, bridge the justice gap; Who is responsible for access to justice; Her learning curve relating to the business of law and what assistance she received; How knowing your strengths and opportunities for improvement is useful; Her thoughts on lawyers having a duty to innovate; The barriers to legal innovation; Her advocacy for CALD and rainbow communities through Ethnic+ and other activities; How systems and structures, not individuals perpetuate the status quo; The connection between diversity, inclusion and access to justice; The lack of accessibility of lawyers and legal services; What “privilege” really means; How Sheetal plans to use her privilege to increase the visibility of underrepresented communities; and Sheetal’s definition of legal innovation! Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic Links: Shakti Legal Ethnic+ Qld Law Society EPIC conference Future Leaders committee PEXA Fred Rooney Professor Renee Knake Jefferson Neota Logic Andrea Perry-Petersen – LinkedIn - Twitter @winkiepp – andreaperrypetersen.com.au Twitter - @ReimaginingJ Facebook – Reimagining Justice group

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