Our people

Our people

The SLC was established by Katie Robertson, who leads the Clinic’s work. Katie is a lawyer with previous experience in acting for stateless children to successfully apply for Australian citizenship. She also co-chairs the Stateless Children Australia Network, a network aimed at developing knowledge regarding stateless children in Australia and increasing pathways to legal assistance.

In 2022 Katie was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to visit similar international legal services, expert organisations and individuals working on the issue of childhood statelessness.

The aim of the project was to understand how comparative models operate and function, in order to implement broader service delivery for stateless children in Australia.Katie also investigated how the Stateless Legal Clinic may be successful expanded to assist stateless adults, as well as children. Read the full report.

The clinical work conducted by students in the SLC is supervised by solicitors Ahmad Sawan and Sarah Dale at the Refugee Advice Casework Service (RACS). Sarah Dale is also co-chair of the Stateless Children Australia Network.

RACS’ Stateless Children Legal Project is the only specialized legal clinic in Australia providing targeted assistance to stateless children.