Sarah Hamid interviews Rosslyn Monro of Community Legal Centres Queensland.
About the speaker
Rosslyn has worked in the community legal sector for over 15 years in both solicitor and management positions.
Rosslyn is committed to the support and development of the community legal sector in Queensland and Australia.
She has been on the management committee of Community Legal Centres Queensland and was previously on the board of the National Association of Community Legal Centres. In 2015, Rosslyn was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to undertake study in the United States about how community legal services can proactively diversify funding sources in order to maintain the sustainability of services. In 2015, Rosslyn was also awarded the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland’s Woman Lawyer of the Year.
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