Meet the Team

Samantha Forrester 

Samantha brings a breadth of experience in Child Protection - having a worked in Statutory out of home care for 10 years and is a fierce advocate for disadvantaged young people and young indigenous mothers. Samantha worked with highly disadvantaged and vulnerable children and families, seeking greater support from government and other agencies to develop policy addressing the structural inequalities that persist in rural and regional communities. 

Along with her legal expertise across child protection law, coronial matters, family law, criminal matters, applications and hearings, Samantha has also volunteered in Prison Education Projects, Youth law and Community Legal Centres.

Samantha is in her final year of her law degree and through Lawyers 4 Hope will continue to advanced her advocacy skills to support and address legal issues affecting disadvantaged members of the community, particularly Aboriginal young mother's and parents -  aiming to stop Aboriginal children coming into the care system.