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Isla is a Project Lawyer with the IBA's Legal Policy and Research Unit. Isla is an Australian qualified lawyer and holds a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations/French) and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the Australian National University. Before joining the IBA, Isla worked as a lawyer for the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, advising on international trade and humanitarian law. Prior to that role Isla spent several years working as a lawyer for a major Australian firm in litigation, primarily focusing on federal public and administrative law. This included undertaking advisory work, managing high-profile disputes and involvement in federal inquests and inquiries across areas such as privacy, health, environmental planning, research and development, social services and migration. Alongside Isla’s experience in public and administrative law, her areas of interest include the intersection between gender and the law, wellbeing in the legal profession and access to justice. Isla joins the team in a generalist capacity and is involved in the LPRU’s gender and anti-corruption work.