Reeanna Maloney

Reeanna Maloney is a committed social justice lawyer having spent a

majority of her 15 years of post admission practice in community

legal centres. More recently she has transitioned to employment law

and now works for government.

With me to interview Reeanna is Sharna Quigley an employment

lawyer in private practice

Reeanna talks about:

 Making submissions to the UN on behalf of Robert Fardon.

 The downsides of acting for prisoners including having abuse

hurled at her.

 Being protected by a bodyguard carrying a machine gun whilst

undertaking an internship in India.

 Investigating systemic rape of the Dahlet caste women and

young girls.

 The barriers faced by law students coming from lower socio-

economic backgrounds finding their first job.

 Getting her first legal job (administration) through Centrelink

 Using her networks to snare her legal position at Prisoners

legal service.

 Why she prefers to have student volunteers who are on

placement rather than volunteering whilst doing their legal

studies.

 Professionalising Not For profit boards and why that’s a good

idea.

 Her number one networking tip, be yourself when interacting

with others,

You can contact Reeanna on linkedin