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

Reimagining Justice

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

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