

QLD Branch Committee Member
JENNIFER LAY
Jennifer is the Legal Practice Manager at Shine Lawyers specialising in workers’ compensation, motor vehicle accident, public/product liability and abuse law claims.
She holds a Juris Doctor from Monash University, Bachelor of Arts majoring in Chinese Language and Criminology and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Commercial Law from Deakin university.
She is also a law academic with La Trobe University where she lectures in and coordinates Ethics and internship based subjects.
Jennifer is a first generation Chinese/East Timorese with her parents migrating to Australia in the early 1980s during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
Jennifer is passionate about mentoring law students, junior members and building the community of AALA. She has previously served as chairperson to the board of directors of Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services Inc and as an advisor to the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Outside of legal and academia, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her husband and toddler son, plays women’s AFL for the Moorooka Roosters Masters team and is a leadership and health & fitness consultant.

