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How one lawyer is filling a market gap by drawing on her privilege and experience with Sheetal Deo
Manage episode 288721253 series 2695368
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
91 episodes
Manage episode 288721253 series 2695368
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
91 episodes
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