Kal Dahanayake
VIC
Summary
With experience in legal and policy roles, I seek to contribute in a field that will have a profound impact on Australia.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
LEGAL AND POLICY OFFICER TO THE CEO & PRINCIPAL REGISTRAR
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
10.2023 - Current
- Undertake research on complex areas of law and policy in family law, family violence, migration law and policy and other federal jurisdictions
- Provide strategic legal and policy recommendations, as requested
- Prepare and draft high-level correspondence, quite often in relation to sensitive and highly confidential material
- Prepare speeches and presentations that would be delivered to a wide variety of stakeholders, both internal and external
- Provide verbal and written briefings on diverse areas to the CEO and Principal Registrar
- Summarise significant and complex material
- Travel and support the CEO and Principal Registrar at various events and meetings; taking minutes where required
- Skills developed: Time management, Stakeholder management, Information management, Summarisation skills
ASSOCIATE TO SENIOR JUDICIAL REGISTRAR HEUER AND CROCKER
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
10.2022 - 10.2023
- Prepared and ran Court for interlocutory hearings, including 'calling the matter' on; this includes the running lists related to the Evatt Case List (specialist family violence list)
- Conducted hearings using various Court based technology including
- Conducted a range of clerical duties, such as diarising lists, creating appointments related to the matter and other chambers related activities
- Conducted court preparation in accordance with the requests of a Judicial Officer - which included ensuring relevant affidavits, evidentiary material and case summaries were available
- Ensured all relevant materials were distributed to the parties pursuant to Court Orders as well as the relevant rules and legislations
- Communicated with multiple stakeholders, including Judges, Barristers, Solicitors and Parties and corresponded by email
- Drafted and published Orders and judgements made by the Court
- Skills developed: Strong prioritisation skills, Strong developmental skills, Drafting skills vis-a-vis drafting of Court orders, Strong administrative skills including diarisation of court events, and emailing multiple different organisations
SALES ASSOCIATE
Cambridge Clothing (Joe Black & Dom Bagnato)
01.2019 - 10.2023
- Engage with clients to drive sales, hitting an approximate average weekly target of $8k
- Trained and conducted made-to-measure tailoring services using a set block
- Fostered client relations to support a client retention strategy
- Undertook tailoring services such as pinning and measuring
- Managed Joe Black for elongated periods of time during phases of managerial absences while hitting store and personal KPI's
- Trained and supported 5 new staff members, including two new managers
COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT
EFM Magill
07.2017 - 01.2022
- Compose and edited social media posts to the member-base and wider audience, increasing followership from 140 to 700 followers
- Developed strategies for EFM Rostrevor while balancing it with the interests of EFM Pty Ltd
RESEARCH INTERN
Australian Red Cross - SA
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Undertook a research task that collated a list of Private Ancillary Funds and Trusts in South Australia with values aligned to the Australian Red Cross
- Composed a research report on conditions of charitable bequeaths and where to obtain them
- Attended meetings, including the Annual General Meeting
RESEARCH INTERN
SAGE International (Strategic think-tank)
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Undertook a research task that contributed to SAGE International research
- Composed a research paper on Australian/Indo-Pacific Security relations
SALES ASSISTANT
Joseph Uzumcu
01.2015 - 02.2019
LAW CLERK
Hamdan Lawyers
- Conduct legal research on multiple files to draw desired outcome for clients
- Partook in resolution procedures such as attending Federal Court and negotiation meetings to aid resolution of matter
- Drafted legal briefs and correspondence to clients, solicitors, government agents, parliamentarians and Ministers using Microsoft various Microsoft applications
- Scrutinised evidence to extrapolate utilisable information to aid strategic position
- Take and follow instructions from Solicitor
- Skills developed: learned skills of researching and writing in a legal manner to achieve outcomes aligned with strategic position
Education
Bachelor of ARTS - International Relations and Security
University of Adelaide
01.2022
Human Rights and the EU -
Maastricht University
Netherlands01.2019
Skills
- Time management
- Stakeholder management
- Information management
- Strong prioritisation skills
- Strong developmental skills
- Drafting skills
- Strong administrative skills
- Researching
- Writing in a legal manner
References
Available upon request
Professional Interests
- Legal and policy research
- Cognitive behavioural studies
- Leadership and team development
- Complex problem solving
- Policy and behavioural deviance
Timeline
LEGAL AND POLICY OFFICER TO THE CEO & PRINCIPAL REGISTRAR
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
10.2023 - Current
ASSOCIATE TO SENIOR JUDICIAL REGISTRAR HEUER AND CROCKER
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
10.2022 - 10.2023
RESEARCH INTERN
Australian Red Cross - SA
01.2021 - 12.2021
SALES ASSOCIATE
Cambridge Clothing (Joe Black & Dom Bagnato)
01.2019 - 10.2023
RESEARCH INTERN
SAGE International (Strategic think-tank)
01.2019 - 12.2019
COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT
EFM Magill
07.2017 - 01.2022
SALES ASSISTANT
Joseph Uzumcu
01.2015 - 02.2019
LAW CLERK
Hamdan Lawyers
Bachelor of ARTS - International Relations and Security
University of Adelaide
Human Rights and the EU -
Maastricht University
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