Liz Huang Hughes-Brown
Liz Huang Hughes-Brown

Degree

BAsianStudies '02
LLB (Hons) '03
GDLP '05
GradCertAusMigLaw '16

Years at ANU

2000 to 2016

Other degrees

LLM (UNSW)

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Founder and Principal Lawyer
Welcome Legal

Other degrees: LLM (UNSW)

Liz is a former refugee born in Pulau Bidong refugee camp in Malaysia after her family fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. She is the Founder of Welcome Legal - a boutique law firm based in Canberra specialising in immigration and citizenship law. She is passionate about promoting diversity in all forms in the legal profession, particularly in improving the visibility of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women in the law.

  • Awarded the 2017 ACT Law Society's President Medal and 2016 ACT Woman Lawyer of the Year in the CALD category.
  • Former intern with UNHCR