Jessica Cruise
ACT REPRESENTATIVE
2 Allsop Street
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone: (02) 6243 3411
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Legal Aid ACT
LEGAL AID ACT
Jessica was admitted to practice in the ACT in 2004. She practiced in community legal centres in Queensland and Sydney before joining Legal Aid WA in 2009. She returned to the ACT in 2018 and spent a year in private practice before joining Legal Aid ACT in 2019.
Jessica completed her Independent Children’s Lawyer training in 2009 and has acted predominantly as an ICL since that time.
Jessica also sits on the ACT Law Society Professional Standards and Family Law Committees and on the ACT ICL Committee.
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