Sharyn Hall SC

Professional:

• Admitted as a Legal Practitioner in 1999;
• Solicitor
• Criminal Solicitor Western Aboriginal Legal Service 2001-2004
• Criminal Solicitor Legal Aid NSW 2004-2007
• Barrister, Samuel Griffith Chambers since October 2007
• Practising primarily in criminal defence work;
• Appointed Senior Counsel 2021
• Appointed NSW Bar Association LGBTQI Advocate for Change 2022

Practice:

I practice at the criminal Bar appearing primarily as defence Counsel but also as a non-salaried Crown Prosecutor. I appear in both trials and appellate matters and commissions of inquiry.

Advocacy Teaching:

• NSW Bar Association
• Advocacy coach for the NSW Bar Association bar practice course;
• Lecturer on questioning vulnerable witnesses.
• Australian Advocacy Institute (AAI)
• Advocacy instructor for AAI courses teaching advocacy to solicitors and barristers.
• Director of Vulnerable Witness program.
• Witness Intermediary Education in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT.