Working with Indigenous Clients and Cultural Responsibility and Responsiveness CPD Seminar
The ACT Law Society in collaboration with the ACT Bar Association's Women Barristers Committee, invites you to view this important CPD seminar on cultural responsibility. The main focus of this presentation is around respectful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. What does that look like? Understanding how trauma impacts on professional relationships. How can legal professionals work towards creating a culturally safe environment for their clients? How can we work towards being more cultural sensitive and responsive and what does that look like in practice?
VANESSA EDWIGE
Vanessa Edwige is a Ngarabal woman from Emmaville, NSW. Vanessa is a registered psychologist and the Chair of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association. Vanessa is a Director on the Board of Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia. Vanessa has worked in Redfern, NSW for most of her career working predominantly with Aboriginal children, young people, families and community providing culturally responsive psychological support for adverse childhood experiences, intergenerational trauma and supporting cultural resilience. Vanessa currently works privately writing psychological reports for people involved in the judicial system, reports for the NSW and Victorian Coroners Court, medicolegal reports and family/child assessment reports. Vanessa has been writing these reports for over 15 years. Vanessa has also worked as a Senior Psychologist Education for the NSW Department of Education for five years. Prior to this, Vanessa worked as a school counsellor, a consultant and trainer for the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, NSW Co-ordinator for Aboriginal victims of crime with the NSW Attorney General’s Department and as the Senior Researcher for the NSW Aboriginal Child Sexual assault report with NSW Attorney Generals Department. Vanessa is a member of the independent advisory panel for the NSW Public Defenders Bugmy Bar Book project and is a co-author on the Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation which was commissioned for the Bugmy Bar Book Project.
DETAILS
- This is an on-demand webinar you can watch at any time - a link and password will be sent to you when you register
- Cost: Free for ACT Law Society members
- CPD: Members will earn 1.5 CPD points in core area 3
- This event was recorded on Tuesday 20 May as part of ACT Law Week 2025 in collaboration with the ACT Bar Association's Women Barristers Committee
- This recording will expire on 31 December 2025
- Note: There are some short instances where the audio drops out of the recording. Thank you for your understanding.
Registration
| Member | Free | Register |
| Non-Member | $80.00(GST incl.) | Register |
