
Reimagining Justice How one lawyer is filling a market gap by drawing on her privilege and experience with Sheetal Deo
Mar 29, 2021
01:00:16
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
