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Tell us about your life and career(s) after »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ.
I am a senior associate in a mid-tier national firm, specialising in competition and consumer law. I also did a 5-year stint in an international law firm where I started as a summer clerk before progressing to a graduate and then solicitor role. I have relished the opportunities to act for clients in high-profile cartel proceedings, shared legal insights through co-authoring international conference papers and Australian legal journals and worked directly with partners to help clients successfully obtain merger clearance for billion-dollar deals.

True to the »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ motto of Never Stand Still, my quest for learning and self-improvement has not stopped since I graduated. I continue to find opportunities to develop my skills and, most importantly, give back to the legal community in my mission to support junior lawyers in becoming their best selves and creating an inclusive space within the legal profession.

Aside from junior lawyers, I also have a particular interest in supporting female and foreign qualified lawyer cohorts within the legal profession and have sat on firm committees and volunteered in organisations that seek to advance related causes. In 2022, I started the first ever foreign-qualified lawyer publication in Australia called ‘To Aus, with Law’ as part of my involvement with the Asian Australian Lawyers Association. I have mentored extensively, including as a mentor for the »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ Career Discovery Program, and shared verbal and written junior lawyering insights on popular legal publication channels such as Lawyers Weekly and through my LinkedIn. I was also a panellist at an international conference where I spoke about the importance of advocating for one’s own career progression. Partly due to these contributions, I was recognised in 2023 by Lawyers Weekly as the national winner for the 30 under 30 category for Competition, Trade and Regulation and by the NSW Law Society as the NSW Young Lawyer of the Year.

Outside of work, I have a passion for running and reading, and ran my first two half-marathons within the last 18 months.

Reflecting on your first year at uni - did you imagine yourself doing what you do today?
Definitely not! I was not sure whether I wanted to pursue law as a career in my first year of uni, having never studied any related subjects in high school and not knowing anyone in the legal profession. In my first year of uni, I participated in different competitions hosted by the »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ Law Soc