QJA International Women's Day

Organiser: 
Queensland Justices Association
When: 
Thu, 08/03/2012 - 12:00pm
Pricing: 
$25 for members, $30 for non-members
Location
Address: 
Southbank Cotah Restaurant Level 1, C Block, 66 Ernest St, South Brisbane
Suburb: 
South Brisbane
State: 
QLD
Postcode: 
4101
Contact
Name: 
Registrar
Phone No: 
0733922455
Fax No: 
0733922955
Email: 
women@qja.com.au
Website: 
http://www.qja.com.au

QJA INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – TELLING
OUR STORY

QJA International Women’s Day was such a success in 2011, that not only are we having an encore in 2012, but we are taking QJA IWD to the country!  It is an event for the female Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations.

Of course, if you are in south-east Queensland, or you happen to be in Brisbane on 8 March 2012, please register
for QJA IWD at Southbank Institute of Technology, COTAH.  A registration form is here.

Our guest speaker will be Magistrate Jacqui Payne.  Here is a little information about her: -

Jacqui Payne graduated from the Queensland
Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Laws in 1983. The following year,
Jacqui commenced her Articles of Clerkship with a Brisbane Commercial firm and,
in March 1986, she became the first Aboriginal to be admitted as a Solicitor in
Queensland.

Following her three year employment with the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service in Brisbane, Jacqui
continued to work in the area of criminal defence and in 1996 opened her own
criminal law firm. Jacqui was an Official Visitor for the Queensland Corrective
Services Commission for 10 years, and was also an Official Visitor for the
Queensland Health Departments Mental Health Services. On the first of April
1999, Jacqui was appointed a Magistrate – Queensland’s first indigenous judicial appointment.

We will also hear the funny, poignant and inspiring stories of our very own female JPs!

In addition to our flagship event in Brisbane at Southbank Institute of Technology COTAH, QJA will also be hosting events in Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Ingham.

If you are interested in coming along, please contact: -

All attendees of QJA International Women’s Day, whether in Brisbane or in the country will receive a surprise
gift!

Did you know Queensland had one of the world’s first female Justices of the Peace?  Matilda Hennessey was the first woman sworn in as a JP in 1918 in Queensland.  QJA was established that same year.

For a little bit more information about why QJA celebrates International Women’s Day, click here and here for a list of women’s achievements in Queensland and the law.
 

Summary: 
International Women's Day Lunch for Queensland's female Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations on 8 March 2012!