Cultural awareness for lawyers – Aboriginal clients and stakeholders – 1 CPD Unit

Course Author: Hema Hariharan

Hema Hariharan is the Managing Practitioner Director of Arma Legal. She has over 14 years’ native title experience in New South Wales and Western Australia. Over the years Hema worked with a multi-disciplinary teams of lawyers, tenure specialists and researchers to deliver social and economic benefits to the Aboriginal people of New South Wales and Western Australia. Hema also has wide-ranging experience in policy research and development, cultural heritage protection and land management. At the forefront of Hema’s approach is an emphasis on collaborating with Aboriginal groups and other non-Aboriginal proponents to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes which in line with Aboriginal People achieving their social, cultural and economic aspirations.