Elana Scoufis

Admitted as a legal practitioner in 2014
Admitted as a barrister in 2022


Principal areas of Practice

• Criminal law
• Children’s criminal law
• Appellate law
• Parole hearings
• Commissions of inquiry and inquests
• Administrative and public law
• Professional disciplinary matters

Professional Background

• March 2020 - August 2022 - Trial Advocate at the Aboriginal Legal Service (ACT/NSW)
• Jul 2017 - March 2020 - Trial Advocate and Manager of Criminal Appeals at the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency in Darwin
• August 2016 - June 2017 - Solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (in Sydney)
• May 2015 - August 2016 - Associate to her Honour Judge Norton SC

 
Education

• Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy), Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney)
• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (Australian National University)

 
Awards

• Highest obtainable score in Criminal law, Consumer Law and Property Law in the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, 2014
• Sydney University Honor Roll prize, 2011

For further details or enquiries regarding Elana Scoufis' areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement please contact her Clerk.

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