Over the last nine years, Rebecca's legal career has been varied and interesting. While completing her legal studies at the Queensland University of Technology, Rebecca was employed as an Instructing Clerk at the Director of Public Prosecutions Office for 18 months, followed by two years as Associate to His Honour Judge Britton SC in the District Court.
Following graduation Rebecca joined Shine Lawyers, where she remained for 15 months before venturing to London to work and travel and returned to Shine Lawyers in 2007.
Rebecca loves her job because it allows her to “make a difference to the lives of others, to assist people in what is often their most desperate and dark period,” she says.
Career History
- Joined Shine Lawyers in 2003
- Elevated to Shine Lawyers’ Associate in 2008
- Promoted to Manager, Special Projects Department in 2010
- Promoted to Partner in 2011
Awards
- Winner of the Hays Young Gun of the Year Award from Lawyers Weekly, 2011
- Finalist for Woman Lawyer of the Year Award, 2011
Memberships & Associations
- The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) state committee member
- The Queensland Law Society (QLS)
- The American Association of Justice (AAJ)
- Executive Secretary, Environmental Justice Society
Personal Qualifications and Admissions
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons), QUT
- Admitted as a Solicitor in 2002
- Master of Laws, QUT, due to complete in November 2011