Justice Awards
The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW’s peer nominated Justice Awards recognised the significant contribution to the community by individuals and organisations across the law and justice sector in NSW.
The Justice Awards commenced in 1999 and were awarded annually until 2017. For nearly 20 years, the Foundation’s annual Justice Awards brought together the judiciary, government, legal profession, community organisations and members of the wider community, to recognise the work of individuals and organisations in improving access to justice in NSW.
The prestigious Justice Medal was awarded to individuals who demonstrated outstanding achievement in improving access to justice in New South Wales, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged people, through extensive dedication and / or with exceptional impact.
The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM, Foundation patron and former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, delivered the Law and Justice Address at the final Justice Awards ceremony held in 2017.
Nominees and Recipients by Award
- Justice Medal
Year Name Organisation 2017 Sidonie Gnauck Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 2017 Prue Gregory (Winner) knowmore 2017 Rosemary Kayess Australian Centre for Disability Law 2017 Dixie Link-Gordon Women’s Legal Service NSW 2017 Peter Multari South West Sydney Legal Centre 2017 Maithri Panagoda AM Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers 2017 Elly Raffo South West Sydney Legal Centre 2016 Lisa Ashby Central Coast Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 2016 Richard Brading (Winner) Wesley Community Legal Service 2016 Robyn Cotterell-Jones OAM Victims of Crime Assistance League 2016 Veselko Cuic Mt Druitt and Area Community Legal Centre 2016 Julie Foreman Tenants’ Union of NSW 2016 Michelle Jones Legal Aid NSW 2016 Judge Matthew Myers AM Federal Circuit Court of Australia 2016 Karen Willis OAM Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia 2015 Robyn Cotterell-Jones Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL) 2015 Robert Critchlow NSW Police 2015 Sarah Dale Refugee Advice & Casework Service 2015 Joe Harman, Judge Federal Circuit Court of Australia 2015 Gary Jubelin NSW Police 2015 Ghena Krayem, Dr University of Sydney 2015 Jenny Lovric Legal Aid NSW 2015 Lee Purches Witness Assistance Service 2015 Belinda Russon, Dr Tranby Aboriginal College 2015 Tanya Whitehouse (Winner) Macarthur Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service 2014 Karen Bowley Hume Riverina Community Legal Service 2014 Associate Professor Judy Cashmore AO Sydney Law School 2014 Kevin Cook 2014 Reverend Bill Crews AM Exodus Foundation 2014 Robyn Cotterell-Jones Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL) 2014 Roger de Robillard Barrister-at-law 2014 Graeme Innes AM Australian Law Reform Commission 2014 Ken Marslew AM Enough is Enough Anti-Violence Movement 2014 Professor Andrew Mowbray (Winner) University of Technology, Sydney 2013 Alison Churchill (Winner) Community Restorative Centre 2013 Brett Collins Justice Action 2013 Betty Egan NSW Police Wagga Wagga 2013 Luke Geary Salvos Legal and Salvos Legal Humanitarian 2013 Maria Girdler Macquarie Legal Centre 2013 Claudia Guajardo Fairfield City Council 2013 Monique Hitter Legal Aid NSW 2013 Margaret Howard Mid Coast Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service 2013 Patrick Latham Legal Aid NSW − Dubbo 2013 Leeanne Livens CC ADVICE, NSW Police Gosford 2012 Theodora Ahilas (Winner) Maurice Blackburn Lawyers 2012 Louise Blazejowska Legal Aid NSW 2012 Robyn Cottrell-Jones Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL) 2012 Mark Dennis Barrister 2012 Julia Haraksin Department of Attorney General and Justice NSW 2012 Martha Jabour Homicide Victims Support Group (HVSG) 2012 Peter Kelso Kelso’s Law Firm 2012 Elizabeth Morley Redfern Legal Centre 2012 Michael Vassili Toongabbie Legal Centre 2011 Deng Thiak Adut Grays Legal 2011 Fred Moore 2011 Jeremy Rea Homeless Persons’ Legal Service 2011 John McKenzie (Winner) Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT 2011 Luke Geary Salvos Legal and Salvos Legal Humanitarian 2011 Michael Vassili Toongabbie Legal Centre 2011 Neisha Shepherd Solicitor 2011 Nikki Wells Survivors Australia 2011 Peter Rowe Freehills 2011 Richard Brading Wesley Community Legal Centre 2010 Catherine Peek Disability Advocacy NSW 2010 Cathy Want Rosie’s Place 2010 Chris Hartley Homeless Person’s Legal Service 2010 Father Chris Riley Youth Off the Streets 2010 Jenny Bargen 2010 Josie Gregory Centacare 2010 Kerry Cassels Justice Health-Moree 2010 Meredith Osborne Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre 2010 Rachael Martin (Winner) Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Legal Service 2010 Yanfang Zhou Kuringai Local Area Command 2009 Chandrika Subramaniam Sydwest Multicultural Services (+ various other) 2009 Dr Eileen Baldry (Winner) University of NSW, activist (Beyond Bars Alliance, Coalition on Disability and Criminal Justice) 2009 Jim Carty (Father) House of Welcome 2009 Karen Cox Consumer Credit Legal Centre 2009 Ken Marslew Enough is Enough Anti-Violence Movement 2009 Lyn Alcock 2009 Maree Livermoore Southern Women’s Group 2009 Paul Jacob NSW Police Force (Sex Crimes) 2009 Rachael Martin Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Legal Service 2009 Richard Brading Wesley Community Gambling Service 2009 Susan Laguna Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association 2008 David Kendal Youthzone 2008 Faye Urquhart NAPRA 2008 Jane Sanders (Winner) Shopfront and Freehills 2008 Jason Dorsett Horizon Theatre Company 2008 Jennifer Burn UTS 2008 John Mant 2008 Julie Bishop NACLC 2008 Julie Blyth Social worker 2008 Stan Small Children’s Court Assistance Scheme 2008 Susan Field Elder Law 2007 Atef Harnie 2007 Beverley Lazarou Court assistance 2007 Danny Gilbert Gilbert + Tobin 2007 Faye Druett People with a Disability Australia 2007 Faye Westwood Wesley Community Legal Centre 2007 Jenny Bargen Advocate 2007 Joy Connor Advocate 2007 Dr Mary Crock Sydney University and migrant law advocate 2007 Michael Raper (Winner) NSW Welfare Rights Centre 2007 Robyn Cotterell Jones Victims of Crime Assistance League 2007 Steve Snelgrove Lismore and District Financial Counselling 2007 Tania Evers Barrister 2006 Anthony Restuccia 2006 Chris Ronalds (Highly Commended) 2006 Emma Golledge Homeless Persons’ Legal Service 2006 Jennifer Crew North & North West Legal Centre 2006 John Murn DEET 2006 Kate Cvetanovski Nepean InterYouth 2006 Kathryn Rafton 2006 Mary Perkins Shelter NSW 2006 Michael Chaaya 2006 Mirielle Curtis Department of Community Services Legal Advisor 2006 Peter McGhee NSW Intellectual Disability Rights Service 2006 Peter Stapleton (Winner) 2006 Prue Gregory Legal Counselling & Referral Centres 2006 Rebecca Gilsenan Maurice Blackburn Cashman 2006 William Hutchins Prisoners’ Legal Service 2005 Dr Anne Cossins UNSW 2005 Anne Cregan Blake Dawson 2005 Anthony Parker Barrister 2005 Chris Ronalds Barrister 2005 Christine Lovell-Jones Trenches Solicitors 2005 Prof David Brown UNSW 2005 Gary Pudney South Eastern Aboriginal Legal Service 2005 George Bilbie 2005 Greg Walsh Solicitor 2005 Harriet Grahame Barrister 2005 Janet Loughman (Winner) Kingsford Legal Centre 2005 Jennifer Burn UTS Community Law Centre 2005 Julian Burnside 2005 Karen Willis NSW Rape Crisis Centre 2005 Ken Marslew Enough is Enough Anti-Violence Movement 2005 Nick Eastman Tenants’ Union NSW 2005 Prue Gregory Legal Counselling & Referral Centres 2005 Robert Cunningham Southern Cross University 2005 Robyn Burgess Public Defender’s Office 2005 Shane Prince Barrister 2005 Tony Williams 2004 Anne Cregan Blake Dawson 2004 Cassandra Goldie Senior Policy Officer 2004 Cec Brahe Magistrate 2004 Elizabeth Goss Solicitor 2004 Elizabeth McEntyre Aboriginal Health Unit, Justice Health 2004 Gilson Saunders 2004 Helen Larcombe 2004 Michael Raper NSW Welfare Rights Centre 2004 Dr Robert Mowbray (Winner) Western Sydney Tenants’ Service 2004 Robert Wheeler Legal Aid Commission’s Mental Health Advocacy Service 2004 Sawathey Ek Ethnic Legal Advice Services 2004 Father Ted Kennedy 2004 Wayne Evans Magistrate Port Macquarie 2003 Andrea Durbach Public Interest Advocacy Centre 2003 Betty Hounslow (Winner) Fred Hollows Foundation 2003 David Jones Marshall and Partners 2003 Prof Garth Nettheim UNSW 2003 Prof Graham Greenleaf and Andrew Mowbray UNSW and UTS 2003 Dr Jean Edwards Sexual Assault Service 2003 Jenny Bargen Department of Juvenile Justice 2003 Major Joyce Harmer Salvation Army 2003 Omeima Sukkarieh Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 2003 Patricia Kearton Coledale Community Centre 2003 Peggy Dwyer and Rachel Pepper Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service and Bar Association 2003 Peter Wilson Taylor and Scott Lawyers 2003 Peter Zahra 2003 Sawathey Ek Ethnic Legal Advice Service 2003 Warren Holt Triple Care Farm 2002 Andrea Durbach Public Interest Advocacy Centre 2002 Catherine Carney Women’s Legal Resources Centre 2002 Charlie Fruen Miller Youth Centre 2002 Frances Gibson Kingsford Legal Centre 2002 The Hon Hal Wootten (Winner) 2002 Majors Joyce Harmer and Hilton Salvation Army Court Support 2002 Liz Biok Legal Aid NSW 2002 Michael Chaaya ASK Youth Legal Service 2002 Michael Raper Welfare Rights Centre 2002 Simon Rice Australian Lawyers for Human Rights 2001 Annette Laurie Tumut and District Women’s Support and Housing Service 2001 Assoc Prof Greta Bird School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University 2001 Catherine Carney Women’s Legal Resources Centre 2001 Delia Browne Arts Law Centre of Australia 2001 Helen McGowan Albury Wodonga Community Legal Centre 2001 Janet Loughman Marrickville Legal Centre 2001 Jim Simpson (Winner) 2001 John Boersig University of Newcastle 2001 Julia Haraksin Disability Strategic Plan, Attorney General’s Department 2001 Katherine Biber Redfern Legal Centre/University of Sydney 2001 Sgt Michael Hall NSW Police Service (Maitland Police Station) 2001 Neville Carter 2001 Paul House Roads and Traffic Authority 2001 Peter Semmler Sir James Martin Chambers 2001 Suzanne Malligan Roads and Traffic Authority 2001 Winsome Matthews Women’s Legal Resources Centre 2000 Phillip French (Winner) People with Disabilities NSW 1999 Elaine Evans (Winner) Women’s Legal Resources Centre - Aboriginal Justice Award
Year Name Organisation 2017 Raylene Ballangarry Mid North Coast Correctional Centre 2017 Don Craigie & Allan Clarke Mark Haines Murder Investigation, Tamworth 2017 Melissa Merritt Weave Youth and Community Services 2017 Bobbi Murray Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2017 Aunty Virginia Robinson Dharriwaa Elders Group 2017 Rick Welsh (Winner) The Shed, Western Sydney University 2017 Dr Megan Williams University of Technology Sydney 2016 Dean Bell, Glendra Stubbs and Robert Young knowmore 2016 Hazel Collins, Laura Lyons, Patricia MacKenzie, Debra Swan, Jennifer Swan and Suellyn Tighe (Winners) Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR) 2016 Michael Craig, Thomas Duroux, Ivan Greenup, June Speedy, Rebecca Stadhams and Muriel Walker-Craig Bowraville Parents 2016 Ray Peckham 2016 David Pheeney Legal Aid NSW 2016 June Riemer Aboriginal Disability Network NSW 2016 Joanne Selfe Judicial Commission of NSW 2016 Dr Laurel Williams University of Newcastle 2015 Alistair Ferguson (Winner) Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project 2015 Uncle Barry Hoskins NSW Police 2015 Aunty Terry McGivern Corrective Services NSW 2015 Phil Naden (formerly) Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT 2015 Uncle Arthur Wellington Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT 2014 Kevin Cook (Winner) 2014 Aunty Mavis Davis (Winner) 2014 Kelly Jones Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation 2014 Elizabeth (Liz) Layland Department of Justice NSW – Brewarrina 2014 Kristy Masella Tranby Aboriginal College 2014 Mt Druitt / Blacktown Aboriginal Community Justice Group, Members 2014 Peter Rose Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT 2014 Toronto Aboriginal Community Justice Group, Members 2014 Gail Wallace Department of Justice NSW – Nowra 2014 Rick Welsh The Shed, University of Western Sydney 2013 William ‘Will’ Bon Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT – Lismore 2013 Neville Kim NTSCORPS 2013 Annette Lonesborough Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT – Nowra 2013 Uncle Lyall Munro Snr (Winner) 2013 Shane Phillips Tribal Warrior Association 2013 Joanne ‘Jo’ Ravot Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre 2013 Peter ‘Pete’ Townsend Yetta Dhinnakkal (Brewarrina Correctional Centre 2013 Nancy Walke Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre 2012 Ian Bloomfield Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural Development Centre 2012 Keith Cochrane Department of Attorney General and Justice NSW 2012 Timothy ‘John’ Fernando Corrective Services NSW 2012 Colin Gale 2012 Linden McGrady (Winner) Clontarf Foundation 2012 Paul Mumbler Wagga Wagga Local Area Command 2012 Melissa ‘Mary’ O’Neill Anglicare 2012 Doreen Peters 2012 Genelle Purcell Maclean Court 2012 Cathy Ryan Corrective Services NSW 2011 Beryl Van-Oploo Yaama Dhiyaan 2011 Jan Fennell (Winner) NSW Police Menindee 2011 Kay Dundas Walla Mulla Family and Community Support 2011 Leah Cruickshank Macquarie Legal Centre 2011 Management Team Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT 2011 Michael Williams NSW Police Bourke 2011 Michelle Wellington Nowra Local Court 2010 Colin Gale 2010 Gerry Moore Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT 2010 Jill Jessop NSW Fair Trading 2010 Kristy Braddick, Michelle Wellington, Donna Castagna, Bianca Perry, Angela Lonesborough Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporateion 2010 Mt Druitt Aboriginal Community Justice Group, Members 2010 Paul Teerman Penrith Local Court 2010 REVOKED (Winner) 2009 Barbara Nicholson University of Wollongong 2009 Bobbi Cattermole Working with Attorney General’s Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Multimedia Awareness Raising Campaign 2009 Circle Sentencing, Nowra (Winner) 2009 Colleen Murray Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural & Development Centre 2009 Gail (Patricia) Ling Nambucca Heads Aboriginal Land Council & Junior Land Council 2009 Ken Zulumovski Gamarada 2009 Lyn Larkins Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre 2009 Nancy Walke Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre + Advocacy + CLC Aboriginal Advisory Group 2008 Colin Gale 2008 Marjorie Woodrow 2008 Neva Collings NSW Aboriginal Land Council 2008 Norman Laing (Winner) 2008 Ruth Simon de Costa (Winner) Housing & Indigenous 2008 Something Real for Aboriginals, Members 2008 Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural & Development Centre, Management Committee 2007 Mark Spinks Development Officer- Centrelink & volunteer 2007 Nancy Walke 2007 Neva Collings Aboriginal Liaison Officer 2007 Paul Teerman (Winner) 2007 Roger Knox Musician 2007 Terri Janke (Highly Commended) 2006 Greg Telford Rekindling the Spirit 2006 Lester Bostock (Winner) Aboriginal Disability network 2006 Peter Townsend 2006 Susan Pinckham Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Legal Service (FORMERLY OF) 2006 Ted Lancaster DOCS- Aboriginal Protection Officer 2006 Vera Lovelock (Highly Commended) Indigenous elder 2005 Elsie Gordon (Winner) 2005 Karen Ella-Bird Wesley Uniting Employment 2005 Lennie Frail NSW Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council 2005 Maria Williams 2005 Mary-Lou Buck Aboriginal elder 2005 Michael Horne 2005 Paul Stewart 2005 Ray Jackson 2005 Robynne Quiggin 2005 Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural & Development Centre, Management Committee 2005 Tony Williams 2005 Yulawirri Nurai Indigenous Association Inc Volunteers 2004 Carmen Parter Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council 2004 Elizabeth McEntyre Aboriginal Health Unit, Justice Health 2004 George Shearer Roads & Traffic Authority 2004 Gilson Saunders 2004 Gregory Moodie Sherriff’s Office Nowra 2004 Jim Allen South Coast Aboriginal Tenants Service 2004 Kath Ingram (deceased) Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Legal Service 2004 Melissa Stubbings Aboriginal Legal Access Project 2004 Mudgin-Gal Aboriginal Corporation workers 2004 Patricia Ping Police/Women’s Refuge Partnership Against Domestic Violence 2004 Phillip Sullivan (Winner) 2003 Aboriginal Women’s Consultation Group – Rene Adams, Elsie Gordon, Pam Greer and Gloria Matthews Women’s Legal Resources Centre 2003 Gary Martin Southern Cross University 2003 Hewitt Whyman (Winner) Central Southern Aboriginal Legal Service 2003 Larissa Behrendt (Prof) Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning 2003 Magistrate Pat O’Shane 2003 Mark Hartwig Roads and Traffic Authority 2003 Melissa Stubbings Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre 2003 Michelle Knight & Brian Freeman (Special Commendation) Yulawirri Nurai Indigenous Association 2003 Ray Jackson (Special Commendation) Dubbo’s Gordon Centre 2003 Robert Carroll Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service 2002 Anthony McAvoy 2002 Cleonie Quayle (Winner) Tranby College 2002 Garry John Creighton Aboriginal Youth Advocate 2002 Joseph Robert Trindall (Special Commendation) 2002 Karen Mavis Rhodes Nambucca Valley Police 2002 Larry Towney (Special Commendation) Centacare Aboriginal Program 2002 Nancy Walke Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre 2002 Pat O’Shane 2002 Robert Bellear (Judge) District Court 2002 Tauri D’Eatough Wollongong Aboriginal Legal Service 2002 Trevor Christian Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service - Community Legal Centres NSW Award
Year Name Organisation 2017 Elise Briggs (Highly Commended) Hunter Community Legal Centre 2017 Julie Deane Macarthur Legal Centre 2017 ‘Group of 6’ volunteer solicitors (Winner) Illawarra Legal Centre 2017 HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) volunteers 2017 Tom Lynch Arts Law Centre of Australia 2017 Petrina Slaytor Welfare Rights Centre 2017 Sue Whitehead (Highly Commended) Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) 2016 Artists in Black workshops Arts Law Centre of Australia 2016 Have Your Say initiative (Highly Commended) Environmental Defenders Office NSW 2016 Bushfire education project Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre 2016 Forums for community workers working with migrant women experiencing domestic violence Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) 2016 Special Medical Procedures Project (Winner) Inner City Legal Centre 2016 Employment Law Clinic Kingsford Legal Centre 2016 Aboriginal Health-Justice Partnership Redfern Legal Centre 2016 Residential Parks Law Education Project Tenants’ Union of NSW 2016 Sense and Sensitivity project Women’s Legal Service NSW 2015 Sherif Alam Mt Druitt & Area Community Legal Centre 2015 Criminal Justice Support Network volunteers (Highly Commended) Intellectual Disability Rights Service 2015 Lynn Flanagan Hunter Community Legal Centre 2015 Tom Hakkinen Arts Law Centre 2015 Student volunteers Inner City Legal Centre 2015 Volunteers Redfern Legal Centre 2015 Peter Uniacke Hume Riverina Community Legal Service (HRCLS) 2015 Volunteers (Winner) Australian Centre for Disability Law 2014 Information and advice clinic for unrepresented litigants in Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) matters at Wyong Local Court Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2014 Dignity in Death – strategic litigation to change government policy HIV/AIDS Legal Centre 2014 Subsidised wills, powers of attorney and enduring guardianship scheme Hume Riverina Community Legal Service 2014 Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) duty service at Newcastle Local Court Hunter Community Legal Centre 2014 Safe Relationships Project (Winner) Inner City Legal Centre 2014 Volunteer solicitor roster Macquarie Legal Centre 2014 Aboriginal Family Law Project (Highly Commended) Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre 2014 Legal Help for Refugees Law Clinic Refugee Advice and Casework Service 2014 Speak Up Women’s Legal Services NSW 2014 Ask LOIS: Armidale Project Women’s Legal Services NSW and North and North West Community Legal Service 2013 Volunteer Law Students (Highly Commended) HIV/AIDS Legal Centre 2013 Suzie Leask and Andrea Stolarchuk Hunter Community Legal Centre 2013 Volunteer Law Students (Thursday evening roster) Illawarra Community Legal Centre 2013 David McMillan (Winner) Kingsford Legal Centre 2013 Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Pro Bono Secondee Program Marrickville Community Legal Centre 2012 Central Coast Domestic Violence Legal Outreach Project (Winner) Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2012 Domestic Violence & Renting Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre 2012 Education through Case Studies Kingsford Legal Centre 2012 Unfair Dismissal Representation Scheme Redfern Legal Centre 2012 Law on the Beach – Taking the Law to Young People University of Newcastle Legal Centre 2012 Safe in Our Place (Highly Commended) Women’s Legal Services NSW 2011 Jules Munro Arts Law Centre of Australia 2011 Michael Steinfeld (Winner) Kingsford Legal Centre 2011 Michael Windsor SC Redfern Legal Centre 2010 Caring for Country (Highly Commended) Environmental Defenders Office 2010 Central Coast Homeless Outreach Legal Service (Highly Commended) Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2010 Corroboree Alexandria 2010 Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Legal Service 2010 Legal Education Seminars to International Students University of Newcastle Legal Centre 2010 Mortgage Hardship Service Consumer Credit Legal Centre 2010 Reaching Out for Rights Women’s Legal Services NSW 2010 Street Care (Winner) Homeless Persons’ Legal Service 2010 TAFE Sydney Institute Legal Service Redfern Legal Centre 2009 Caring for Country Environmental Defenders Office 2009 Central Coast Homeless Outreach Legal Service Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2009 Domestic/Family Violence Project Immigration Advice & Rights Centre 2009 Family Law Assistance Clinic Hume Riverina Community Legal Service 2009 Human Rights Charter Campaign Kingsford Legal Centre 2009 Legal Education & Advice in Prison for Women Project (Winner) Women’s Legal Services, Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre, Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre 2009 RRR CLC website development North & North West Community Legal Service 2009 Rural Landholder’s Guide Environmental Defenders Office 2009 Scientific Advisory Scheme Environmental Defenders Office 2008 Eugene Butkowski (Winner) Albury Wodonga Community Legal Service 2008 Glen Northway North & North West Community Legal Service 2008 Judith Stubbs (Dr) Illawarra Community Legal Centre 2007 Adele Bantham North & North West CLC 2007 Francis Tse Environmental Defenders Office 2007 Linda Wright (Winner) Illawarra Legal Centre 2007 Margaret Jones Redfern Legal Centre 2007 Sue Mordount Kingsford Legal Centre 2006 John Gooley (Highly Commended) Volunteer solicitor 2006 Kathryn Rafton Volunteer solicitor 2006 Kristy Faida Volunteer solicitor 2006 Matthew Varley Volunteer (student) 2006 Paul Boers (Winner) Volunteer solicitor 2005 Anne Day Marrickville Legal Centre 2005 Darren Fittler Disability Discrimination Legal Centre 2005 Dave McMillan Kingsford Legal Centre 2005 David Law HIV/AIDS Legal Centre 2005 Harriet Grahame Inner City Legal Centre 2005 Jennifer Burn (Winner) Immigration Rights Centre & UTS Community Law Centre 2005 Kingsford Legal Centre’s Court Support Service Volunteers Northern Rivers CLC’s Generalist Court Support Service 2004 David Hansen Inner City Legal Centre 2004 Glenn Walters Hawkesbury Nepean Legal Centre 2004 Mike Steinfield (Highly Commended) Kingsford Legal Centre 2004 Philip Cotsicos Matthew Folbigg Solicitors 2004 Rosemary Kayess (Winner) Disability Discrimination Legal Centre 2004 Temporary Protection Visa Legal Project volunteers 2004 Warwick McCarthy Kingston Swift Solicitors 2003 Jeremy Agnew (Highly Commended) Marrickville Legal Centre 2003 Kate Eastman (Winner) Redfern Legal Centre 2003 Roger de Robilliard (Highly Commended) Inner City Legal Centre 2003 Volunteers (Highly Commended) Macarthur Legal Centre 2002 Clare Sneddon (Highly Commended) Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre 2002 John Longworth (Winner) Kingsford Legal Centre 2002 Mark Whelan (Highly Commended) Illawarra Legal Centre 2002 Nick Yetzotis (Highly Commended) Marrickville Legal Centre - Law and Justice Volunteer Award
Year Name Organisation 2017 Linda Callaghan Mission Australia Court Support Service 2017 Barry Gobbe OAM 2017 Nowra and Batemans Bay Court Support volunteer team 2017 Women’s Justice Network Mentoring Program volunteers (Winner) 2016 Judith Barry Mission Australia Court Support Service 2016 Intellectual Disability Rights Service Volunteers 2016 Janette Perram (Winner) Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service, Burwood Local Court 2016 Women In Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors 2015 Leonie Duroux (Winner) 2015 Barry Gobbe JP 2015 Tom Puffett 2015 Jeanette Suttie OAM 2015 Victims and Witnesses of Crime Court Support Volunteers 2015 Women In Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors 2014 Betty Calvert Eastern Suburbs Justices of the Peace 2014 Carmelle Peisah Capacity Australia 2014 Betty Ross International Carers of Autism Network 2014 Coral Slattery Family Law Reform Association NSW Inc. 2014 Jim Treadwell (Winner) Newcastle Legacy 2014 Victims and Witnesses of Crime Court Support volunteers 2013 Dave Bell Young Spirit Mentoring 2013 Linn Bourke Central Coast Community Legal Centre 2013 Frances Haller Sisters of Charity Outreach, Court Support Service 2013 Muslim Women Support Centre Volunteers (Winner) 2013 Pieta Thornton Victims and Witnesses of Crime Court Support 2013 Anne Willems Mission Australia Court Support Service 2013 Women In Prison Advocacy Network Volunteer Mentors 2012 Penny Broekhuizen Inner Sydney Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service 2012 Criminal Justice Support Network Volunteers Intellectual Disability Rights Service 2012 Elizabeth Gilmore (Winner) Community Restorative Centre 2012 Dr Jann Karp University of New England 2012 Shoshana Robuck, Remona Zheng, Stephanie Zughbi – Juvenile Justice Mentoring Scheme University of Sydney 2012 Major Trevor Nicol Salvation Army 2012 Manorma Smith NSW Justice of the Peace 2011 Anne Symonds and Helen Wiseman SHINE for Kids 2011 Community Restorative Centre volunteers 2011 Frank Ainsworth (Dr) Family Inclusion Network NSW 2011 Gamarada Leaders Group 2011 Graham Symes Traffic Offenders Program 2011 Janice Daisley (Winner) People with a Disability Australia 2011 Kat Armstrong (Winner) Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN) 2011 Margaret Jones Redfern Legal Centre 2011 Sisters of Charity Outreach Court Support volunteers 2010 David Peachey, Beau Champion, Nathan Merrit, Chris Sandow and Rhys Wesser Souths Cares 2010 Dorothy Burns and Colleen Pearsall Grafton VIPs 2010 Estrella McKinnon (Winner) 2010 Jill Edmonds 2010 Vicki Geraghty Financial Counsellors Association of NSW 2009 Bridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation Management Committee 2009 Immigration Advice and Rights Centre volunteers 2009 Southern Women’s Group (Winner) 2009 Start Again Mentoring Program (StAMP) volunteer mentors 2009 Steven Miller Arts Law Centre, Australian Music Centre, Sydney Film Fesitval 2009 Terri King North and North West Community Legal Service 2008 Charles Prince Horizon Theatre Company 2008 James Condren (Winner) Advocate- Disability 2008 John Drake Activist 2008 Judith Stubbs (Dr) 2007 Brenda McKinnon (Winner) Volunteer coordinator 2007 Gina Dumas 2007 Mission Australia Court Support Service Volunteers 2007 Ngarata Rossell Journalist 2007 Wendy Neill Volunteer designer 2006 Balmain for Refugees (Winner) 2006 Fran Jobberns 2006 Lana Forbes Volunteer in Policing, Macquarie Fields 2006 Manorma Smith Sydney Registry of the Family Court 2006 Nathan Tyson 2006 Rhonda Burton 2006 Ruth Alley (Highly commended) Newcastle Courthouse volunteer 2005 Alec Alexadrou Migration agent 2005 Broken Hill volunteers in policing 2005 Criminal Justice Support Network (Winner) 2005 David Freeman Campbelltown Children’s Court Assistance Scheme volunteer 2005 David Law HIV/AIDS Legal Centre 2005 Joyce Edmonds Downing Centre – Court Support volunteer 2005 Judith Bond Court Support volunteer 2005 Laurie Harding Gold Coast Community Legal Centre 2005 Start Again Mentoring Program (StAMP) volunteer mentors 2004 Agnes Chong and Waleed Kadous Australian Muslim Civil Rights Network 2004 Cynthia Kardell Whistleblowers Australia 2004 Gilson Saunders Greg Bond 2004 Hans Allgayer 2004 Harry Polymeris Department of State and Regional Development 2004 Kieren Trayner (Winner) Advocate 2004 National Children’s and Youth Law Centre Volunteers 2004 Val March Police Witness Watch Program 2004 Warwick McCarthy Kingston Swift Solicitors 2003 Court support volunteers (Winner) Community Restorative Centre 2003 Donna Carson (Highly commended) Hunter Victims of Crime Assistance League 2003 House of Welcome volunteers 2003 Macquarie Legal Centre Founders 2003 Malaemie Fruean Miller Youth Centre 2003 Melanie Tonazzi 2002 Douglas Barry HIV/AIDS Legal Centre 2002 Estelle Adamek Welfare Rights Centre 2002 Jeanette Moss (Winner) Western Sydney Intellectual Disability Support Group 2002 Paul McCullagh Namatjira Regional Sporting Association 2001 Graeme Ulbrick Macquarie Legal Centre 2001 Jennifer Nielsen (Winner) 2001 Jude Doyle (Sister) Sisters of Charity 2001 Judith Wright Marrickville Legal Centre 2001 Katherine Biber Redfern Legal Centre 2001 Keppie Waters Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service 2001 Lorraine Maiorana Rough Edges 2001 Prue Gregory St John’s Darlinghurst Legal Counselling and Referral Centre - Law Society President’s Award
Year Name Organisation 2017 John Capsanis (Winner) J P Capsanis & Co Lawyers 2017 Jyoti (Joy) Jadeja Westside Legal 2017 Peter Livers Slattery Thompson 2017 Joanne Sharah Sharah & Associates 2015 Eric Butler (Winner) Armstrong Legal 2015 Gerard Haffner Haffner Legal 2015 Sarah Hendry Foulsham & Geddes 2015 Paul Francis Taylor McGirr McGirr Lawyers 2014 Maggie Elamrousy Elamrousy Solicitors 2014 Harry Freedman (Winner) Freedman and Gopalan Solicitors 2014 Andrew Lee Andrew Lee Lawyers 2014 Denis Mockler Stewart Cuddy & Mockler 2014 Kevin Rodgers Brock Partners 2013 Eric Butler Butlers Will Dispute Lawyers 2013 Robert Christie Jesus’ Advocacy International 2013 Patricia Hansen HansenLegal 2013 Greta King (Winner) King Legal 2012 Emmanuel Conditsis (Winner) Conditsis & Associate Lawyers 2012 Robert Kaufmann CrimLaw Australia 2012 Greta King King Legal 2012 Mark Smith Brander Smith McKnight 2011 Eric Butler Butlers Will Dispute Lawyers 2011 Harry Freedman Milne Berry Berger Freedman 2011 Jim Marsden (Winner) Marsdens Law Group 2011 Manny Conditsis Conditsis and Associates 2010 Ern Phang (Winner) Phang Legal 2010 Jim Marsden Marsdens Law Group 2010 Manny Conditsis Conditsis and Associates 2010 Vivian Evans Uther Webster & Evans 2009 Ern Phang Phang Legal 2009 Michael Corbin Corbin Legal Services 2009 Oleh Showersky (Winner) Northern Suburbs Lawyers 2009 Vivian Evans Uther Webster & Evans 2008 Bernadette Allas (Winner) BMA Lawyers 2008 Michael Coorey C&M Lawyers 2008 Vivian Evans Uther Webster & Evans 2007 Anne Cregan Blake Dawson 2007 Bernadette Allas Sole practitioner 2007 David Roth (Winner) Mulley Roth Solicitors 2007 Nicholas Patrick DLA Phillips Fox 2006 Juris Liepins Liepins & Mannas 2006 Michael Corbin Corbin Legal Services 2006 Salina Sadiq (Winner) Lloyd Truman Sadiq Solicitors 2005 Kevin Rodgers (Winner) Brock Partners 2005 Stephen Bullivant Bullivants Legal 2004 Clea Wiebenga Minter Ellison 2004 Meghan Magnusson (Winner) Ebsworth & Ebsworth 2004 Rosemary Benet (Winner) Rosemary Benet & Associates 2004 Stephen Corry Coode & Corry 2003 John Steed Connah Steed & Co 2003 Mario Licha (Winner) Lazarus and Associates 2003 Murray Nott McDonnell & Schroder Solicitors 2002 Barbara Garrick (Winner) Barbara Garrick and Associates 2002 Gai Winn Winn Legal 2002 Michael Conn Teakle, Ormsby Conn - LIAC Centre of Excellence Awards
Year Library 2017 Blacktown City Libraries (Winner) 2017 Campbelltown City Library (Winner) 2016 Richmond-Upper Clarence Library (Winner) 2016 Tamworth City Library (Winner) 2015 Gunnedah Shire Library (Winner) 2015 Sutherland Shire Libraries (Winner) 2014 Albury LibraryMuseum (Winner) 2013 Manly Library (Winner) 2013 Wagga Wagga City Library (Winner) 2013 Walcha Library (Highly Commended) 2012 Port Stephens Library (Winner) 2012 Tamworth City Library (Winner) 2011 Auburn City Library (Highly Commended) 2011 Coffs Harbour City Library (Winner) 2011 Griffith City Library (Highly Commended) 2011 Gunnedah Shire Council (Highly Commended) 2011 Lismore City Library (Winner) 2010 Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library (Winner) 2010 Singleton Public Library (Winner) 2009 Auburn City Library (Winner) 2009 Coffs Harbour City Library (Winner) 2008 Department of Corrective Services Library & Information Services (Highly Commended) 2008 Maitland City Library (Winner) 2007 Maitland City Library (Winner) 2007 Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library (Winner) 2006 Port Stephens Library (Winner) 2006 Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library (Winner) 2005 Clarence Regional Library (Winner) 2005 Tamworth City Library (Winner) 2004 Central West Libraries (Winner) 2004 Wagga Wagga City Library (Winner) 2003 Inverell Public Library (Winner) 2003 Upper Murray Regional Library (Winner) 2002 Macquarie Regional Library (Winner) 2002 Marrickville Library Services (Winner) 2002 Wollondilly Library and Information Service (Winner) 2001 Parramatta City Library (Winner) 2001 Wollongong City Library (Winner) - Pro Bono Partnership Award
Year Partnerships 2017 Arts Law Centre of Australia and Colin Biggers & Paisley 2017 Dharriwaa Elders Group and ALS Moree and Gilbert + Tobin (Winner) 2017 Justice Connect and Clayton Utz, Hall & Wilcox, K&L Gates, King & Wood Mallesons, Lander & Rogers, Sparke Helmore, Wotton & Kearney 2017 Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Allens 2016 Cancer Council NSW and Mid North Coast Cancer Institute and Donovan Oates Hannaford Lawyers 2016 HIV/AIDS Legal Centre and Kemp Strang 2016 Marrickville Legal Centre and Sparke Helmore, HWL Ebsworth, Minter Ellison and Santone Lawyers 2016 Refugee Advice & Casework Service and Allens Linklaters, Baker & MacKenzie, Hall & Wilcox, Henry Davis York, King & Wood Mallesons and Norton Rose Fulbright Australia 2016 Wollongong Women’s Information Service and Carter Ferguson (Winner) 2016 Women’s Legal Service NSW and Colin Biggers & Paisley 2015 Hunter Community Legal Centre and McCullough Robertson 2015 Marrickville Legal Centre and Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2015 Redfern Legal Centre and Marrickville Legal Centre and Clayton Utz 2015 Refugee Advice & Casework Service and Asylum Seekers Centre and Gilbert + Tobin 2015 Salvos Legal Humanitarian and Salvos Legal (Winner) 2014 Casula High School and Canterbury Boys High School and King & Wood Mallesons and in-house legal teams of GE Sydney, NAB and MLC (Winner) 2014 Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and Michaela Byers Solicitors 2014 Hunter Community Legal Centre and McCullough Robertson 2014 Redfern Legal Centre and Clayton Utz 2014 Redfern Legal Centre and Fragomen 2014 Youth Off The Streets and Baker & McKenzie (Winner) 2013 Anti-Slavery Australia and Clayton Utz (Winner) 2013 Inner City Legal Centre and Gilbert + Tobin 2013 PIAC’s Indigenous Justice Program and Allens 2013 Redfern Legal Centre and Clayton Utz 2013 Salvos Legal Humanitarian and Salvos Legal 2012 Amnesty International and DLA Piper 2012 Arts Law Centre and Australian Government Solicitor 2012 Cancer Council Legal Referral Service and partners 2012 South Coast, Far West, Central West, Mid North Coast Cooperative Legal Service Delivery Program and Ashurst 2012 Kingsford Legal Centre and Freehills (Winner) 2012 Offshore Asylum Seeker Project and Partners 2011 Aids Council of NSW and Freehills 2011 Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Centre and Central Coast Family Law 2011 Enough is Enough and Macedone Legal 2011 Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre and Clayton Utz 2011 National Children’s and Youth Law Centre (NYCLC) and Mallesons Stephen Jaques 2011 St John’s Anglican Church Legal Centre and Middletons 2011 Viscopy and Allen Arthur Robinson 2011 Women’s Legal Services and Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, NSW Bar Association. Sexual Assualt Communications Privilege (Winner) 2010 Homeless Person’s Legal Service with their 20+ partners 2010 Cooperative Legal Service Delivery (CLSD) Program Central West and Far West Regions and Blake Dawson 2010 Lou’s Place and Blake Dawson Waldron (Winner) 2010 Nambucca Heads and Unkya Aboriginal Land Councils and Allens Arthur Robinson 2010 Sydney Women’s Counselling Centre and Adams and Partners 2010 Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service and Gilbert + Tobin 2010 Wauchope Neighbourhood Centre and JM Glass & Son Solicitors 2010 Wyong Neighbourhood Centre and Gilbert + Tobin 2009 Australian Red Cross and Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Humanitarian Law Perspectives 2009 Blacktown PCYC and Benjamin and Leonardo Criminal Lawyers, Traffic Offenders Intervention Program 2009 Mission Australia and Freehills, Shopfront Youth Legal Service Centre and New Enterprise Incentive Scheme legal clinics 2009 Salvation Army and Mills Oakley Lawyers, Courtyard Legal (Winner) 2009 Women’s Legal Services and Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, NSW Bar Association. Sexual Assault Communications Privilege 2008 Arts Law Centre and DLA Phillips Fox (Winner) 2008 Enough is Enough and Macedone Legal 2008 Redfern Legal Centre and Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2008 Salvation Army and Mills Oakley Lawyers 2007 Australian Huntington’s Disease and DLA Phillips Fox 2007 Blinky Bill Portland Childcare Centre and Barry F Cosier & Associates 2007 Cooperative Legal Service Delivery (CLSD) Program in the Central West and Blake Dawson Waldron 2007 Homicide Victims Support Group and Henry Davis York (Winner) 2007 Kingsford Legal Centre and Freehills 2007 Lou’s Place and Blake Dawson Waldron 2007 Mission Australia (Newcastle) and Sparke Helmore, Hunter Homelessness Law and Advocacy Service 2007 Homeless Person’s Legal Service, PIAC and PILCH 2007 Salvation Army and Mills Oakley Lawyers 2006 Arts Law Centre and Freehills 2006 Exodus Foundation and Otto Stichter & Associates (Winner) 2006 Homeless Person’s Legal Service, PIAC and PILCH 2006 Wyong Neighbourhood Centre and Gilbert + Tobin 2005 Arts Law Centre NSW and Middletons 2005 Australian National Playwrights’ Centre and Baker McKenzie 2005 Benevolent Society and Public Trustee NSW 2005 Enough is Enough and Macedone Legal 2005 Exodus Foundation and Otto Stichter & Associates 2005 National Children’s and Youth Law Centre and Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Winner) 2005 NSW Council for Intellectual Disability and Ebsworth + Ebsworth 2005 Walgett Violence Prevention Service and Freehills 2005 WorkVentures and Minter Ellison 2004 Exodus Foundation and Blake Dawson Waldron 2004 Inner West Domestic Violence Court Assistance Scheme and V.J. Roles Solicitors 2004 Marrickville Legal Centre and Blake Dawson Waldron, Clayton Utz and Gilbert + Tobin 2004 Mission Australia, Salvation Army and Freehills (Winner) 2004 National Children’s and Youth Law Centre and Mallesons Stephen Jaques 2004 Working Women’s Centre and R.L Whyburn & Associates - Other Awards*
Year Prize Name Organisation 2000 Justice Essay Prize Rosalind Dixon (Winner) UNSW 1999 Justice Essay Prize Julia Grix (Winner) 2001 Justice Essay Prize (secondary – metropolitan) Lit Hau Tan (Special Commendation) James Ruse Agricultural High 2001 Justice Essay Prize (secondary – metropolitan) Daniel Ficyk (Winner) Blue Mountains Grammar School 2001 Justice Essay Prize (secondary – regional) Zoë McCormick (Winner) St Francis De Sales Regional College, Leeton 2001 Justice Essay Prize (secondary – regional) Kate Crosbie (Special commendation) Kooringal High School 2001 Justice Essay Prize (tertiary) Katherine Gascoigne (Special Commendation) Australian National University 2001 Justice Essay Prize (tertiary) Alan Kent (Special Commendation) Deakin University 2001 Justice Essay Prize (tertiary) Sophie Redmond (Special Commendation) UNSW 2001 Justice Essay Prize (tertiary) Ellen Knoblanche (Winner) Macquarie University 2000 Justice Fellowship in the Arts Phillip Crawford (Winner) 2000 Justice Fellowship in the Arts Sandra Minter Caldwell (Winner) 1999 Justice Fellowship in the Arts Lyndsay Brooker (Winner) Legal Aid NSW 2001 Justice Research Fellow Simon Bronitt (Winner) Australian National University 2002 PILCH Award Peter Olds (Winner) Freehills 2002 Regional and Rural Justice Award Morgan Lewis (Highly Commended) 2002 Regional and Rural Justice Award Nancy Walke (Highly Commended) 2002 Regional and Rural Justice Award Pat Linnane (Sister) (Winner) Mercy and Justice Centre
*Justice Essay Prize (1999-2000), Justice Essay Prize (secondary) (2001), Justice Essay Prize (tertiary) (2001), Justice Fellowship in the Arts (1999-2000), Justice Research Fellowship (2001), PILCH Award (2002), Rural and Regional Justice Award (2002)