Justice Reinvestment: Turning the system on its head

ANZAPPL (NSW Branch)

ANZAPPL NSW Branch warmly invites you to attend our July dinner function with guest speaker, Ms Sarah Hopkins.

Rydges World Square Hotel

ANZAPPL NSW is pleased to present our mid-year dinner function with a presentation by guest speaker Ms Sarah Hopkins, Co-chair, Just Reinvest NSW and the Managing Solicitor, Justice Projects, Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT. Ms Hopkins will speak about her experience in the criminal justice system, and Justice Reinvestment and Aboriginal community-led change as the solution. About our speaker: Sarah Hopkins is Co-Chair of Just Reinvest NSW and the Managing Solicitor of Justice Projects at the Aboriginal Legal Service ACT/NSW. She is an accredited specialist in criminal law and has lectured in criminal law at the University of NSW. Sarah has been working alongside the Bourke community since 2012 in support of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project in Bourke, which was the recipient of the 2015 National Rural Law and Justice Award. In 2019 Just Reinvest NSW was the recipient of both the HESTA Community Organisation Award and the Australian Human Rights Commission Community Organisation Award.Sarah is a member of the NSW Bar Association’s Joint Working Party on the Over-representation of Indigenous People in the NSW Criminal Justice System. Throughout her career Sarah has served on numerous committees including the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of NSW, the Steering Committee for the Red Cross Vulnerability Report 2015, and as Vice President of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. In 2017 Sarah was named the Community Lawyer of the Year by the Women Lawyers’ Association of NSW.About the evening: Ticket includes a 2-course alternate dinner (main and dessert) and accompanying drinks. Venue, registration and bar opens: 6pmMain meal: 6:45pmPresentation: 7:15-8pmDessert: 8:00pmBar closes: 9pmVenue closes: 9:30pmThis is a COVID Safe event. QR registration codes will be available at check-in. All measures will be adhered to in accordance with NSW health guidelines and regulations at the time of the event. Refunds will only be accepted if processed at least 7 business days prior to the event.

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