Laura Dawson
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Areas of Practice
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Appellate
- Commercial
- Common law/personal injury
- Criminal
- Family law and guardianship
- Public/administrative

Qualifications and Admissions
Admitted as a Barrister in Queensland, Bar Association of Queensland, May 2022
Bar Practice Course (BPC 77), Bar Association of Queensland, November 2020
Admitted as a Legal Practitioner, Supreme Court of Queensland, September 2020
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, November 2019
Bachelor of Laws (Honours IIA), Queensland University of Technology
Graduated in November 2019 with a GPA of 5.959 and 2nd Class Honours A, December 2012
Certificate IV Professional Writing and Editing, RMIT University, December 2010
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology (Extended Major), University of Queensland
Experience
Associate to the Hon. CE Holmes AC, Chief Justice of Queensland, Supreme Court of Queensland (January 2022 – March 2022)
Associate to the Hon. Justice Martin Burns, Supreme Court of Queensland (January 2021 – January 2022)
Paralegal, Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry (June 2020 – January 2021)