05/06/2024
Youth Civics Leadership Day for Aboriginal Youth
The Law Society of Western Australia hosted its first Youth Civics Leadership Day for Aboriginal Youth on Monday, 20 May.
24 students from across WA - with two from New South Wales โ from many different language groups were nominated for showing leadership potential and/or civic awareness.
The students heard from Aboriginal Elders, Pop Ben Taylor and Gerrard Shaw, Rob and Zoe Davis from As One Nyitting, Kulbardi Youth Ambassadors, international advocate Dr Hannah McGlade and young Aboriginal advocates, as well as Kim Farmer and representatives from the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA.
The Chief Justice of Western Australia, the Hon Justice Peter Quinlan, the Hon Justice Michael Lundberg and the Hon Judge David MacLean and Law Society President, Paula Wilkinson, welcomed the students at lunch.
The Law Society is proud to work with Aboriginal organisations and Aboriginal Peoples to facilitate Aboriginal led programmes that aim to create opportunities for, and inspire, young Aboriginal Peoples as potential future leaders and/or civics advocates. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ