Amy leads Mills Oakley’s pro bono program. This involves sourcing suitable pro bono legal work for Mills Oakley lawyers and managing Everyday Justice, a national community legal service wholly owned and funded by Mills Oakley. Her main areas of practice are financial abuse, intervention orders, victims of crime assistance, wills and estates, credit and debt and other public interest law matters. In recognition of its leading pro bono program, Mills Oakley recently was awarded the Pro Bono (Outstanding Firm) award at the Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
Amy has been personally recognised for her expertise in the pro bono and community justice sector. In 2017, Amy was awarded ‘Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year’ at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards for her work with victims of modern slavery and trafficking. In 2018, Amy was awarded a prestigious John Monash Scholarship which allowed her to undertake her Masters of Law at Georgetown University in Washington DC. During her studies, she researched practical strategies to improve access to justice for the ‘missing middle’, including through the use of ‘low cost’ law firms. Amy is actively implementing strategies learned during her time at Georgetown in her role as Managing Principal Solicitor (seconded) at Everyday Justice.
Expertise
Amy’s expertise includes:
- Financial abuse,
- Intervention orders,
- Victims of crime assistance,
- Wills and estates,
- Credit and debt, and
- Public interest law.
Recent projects
- Leading Mills Oakley’s pro bono program – in FY23/24 Mills Oakley conducted over 20,000 hours of pro bono legal work (or 39 hours of pro bono per lawyer). Almost 70% of Mills Oakley lawyers and partners participated in the program in FY23/24.
Recent achievements
- Pro Bono (Outstanding Firm) award at the Chambers Asia-Pacific and Greater China Region Diversity and Inclusion Awards
- General Sir John Monash Scholar