Donate to the Joanna Knight Scholarship

17/05/2023

Philanthropy

In February 2022, we very sadly lost Jo Knight, a member of the NSW Bar who had practised from Culwulla Chambers in Sydney. Jo came to the Bar in late 2020 and read at both Frederick Jordan and Culwulla.

Throughout her legal career, Jo was passionate about public service. Through her hundreds of legal aid and pro bono briefs, Jo helped countless families as they navigated the legal system. Jo believed that socio-economic diversity in the legal profession would strongly benefit both the system and the community.

Barristers Gina Edwards, Ella Dalrymple, Elizabeth Rusiti, Skye Hayward and Tahn O’Rourke and the Knight family have worked with the Australian Communities Foundation and Community Legal Centres NSW to establish the Joanna Knight Scholarship. Jo’s principles will live on through this scholarship that bears her name and the recipients will embody her spirit of public service. This scholarship will provide financial support to increase accessibility to a career in law for women and First Nations law students/solicitors. It will assist those experiencing financial disadvantage to enter the legal profession and come to the Bar.

The Joanna Knight Scholarship is a fund of Australian Communities Foundation, which is a public charitable foundation. All donations over $2 are tax-deductible. The scholarship will be launched for applicants on 16 June 2023 and also that donations are welcome from members of the Bar.

You can find out more information about this scholarship and make a one-off or recurring annual donation here.