Protégé: From one side of the system to the other: How this new lawyer is building a legal career with unique first-hand experience

Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network · Nov 8, 2021 · 28m

First as an offender and then on the other side of the bench, this budding new lawyer has had a unique experience with the law and the justice system. Through this, he gained some incredible insight into how the profession relegates its newcomers.

In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined Queensland Law Society's First Nations legal executive Joshua Apanui to discuss how his time on the other side of the justice system not only shaped his experience coming into the profession but opened his eyes up to the stereotyping that follows practitioners.

Throughout the…