
Nesha Balasubramanian
Ni-shah Bah-lah-soob-rah-mun-iyanShe/herSenior AssociateI believe in being guided by those with lived experience of a particular issue.
EXPERIENCE
- Nesha’s recent work includes facilitating national legal empowerment programs for vulnerable communities, including people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and young Indigenous women, teaching law students at the University of South Pacific in Fiji about the rule of law and pro bono, assisting vulnerable Indigenous women and children to seek birth registration and obtain birth certificates, and working with international actors to advocate for law reform on issues of statelessness in the Asia Pacific region.
- Columbia Law School, Masters of Law, Deans Honors
- Law at the University of New South Wales, Bachelor of International Studies, First Class Honours
Publications
Prior Experience
Prior to joining the pro bono team, Nesha worked as an Associate in the Federal Court, and as a Solicitor in commercial litigation for an international law firm where she was also seconded as in house counsel at Mission Australia.
Nesha has been working as Australia Pro Bono Associate since January 2018, taking a leave of absence from June 2019-June 2020 to complete her Masters of Law at Columbia University.
Memberships And Affiliations
- Law Society of New South Wales