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Walk for Justice 2010

The Walk for Justice 2010 was held on 17 May 2010. On a perfect autumn morning, 300 people enjoyed a five kilometre walk starting from Victoria Square and ending with a light breakfast at the Hilton Hotel to show support for pro bono legal services in South Australia.

The Walk was lead by Chief Justice John Doyle AC, Justice John Mansfield AM, Australian Human Rights Commission President, Catherine Branson QC and Law Society President, Mr Richard Mellows.

At last count the Walk raised over $7,000 for JusticeNet’s pro bono legal assistance referral scheme. The June edition of the Law Society Bulletin has an article and photos on the Walk – see page 42.

As well as the many individuals who participated in this year’s walk we had a record number of teams entering including:

AM legal
ARTC Legal
Adelaide University Law Students Society
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Blake Dawson
Centripedal Force (UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide)
Connolly & Co
DMAW Lawyers
Doman Lawyers
Donaldson Walsh
Federal Court of Australia
Finlaysons
Fisher Jeffries
Griffin Hilditch
Iles Selley
Just Us
Lamont Black Lawyers
Law Society of South Australia
Legal Services Commission
Minter Ellison
Murray Chambers & Friends
Piper Alderman
Sailor Scouts
Team AGS
Team Breakfast
The CC Walkers (Cowell Clarke)
The Sedsman Girls
Thomson Playford Cutlers
UniSA
Wallmans Ramblers

Prize winners

The Prize winners for the 2010 Walk for Justice are:

Team that raised the most money: Finlaysons
Prize: Dinner for 6 at the award-winning Spice Kitchen Restaurant on Kensington Road, Leabrook. Sponsored by the Spice Kitchen.

Individual (non-student) who raised the most money: Margaret Kelly (Wright Chambers)
Prize: $50 gift voucher from the Edinburgh cellars and a copy of Stavros Pippos’ beautiful coffee table book Light on Earth – Photographs of South Australia. Sponsored by Dymocks Bookshops and Edinburgh Cellars.

Student who raised the most money: Shirley Chung
Prize: 2 movie tickets to Palace Nova East End Cinemas and 2 bottles of Rolf Binder 2008 Barossa Valley Shiraz. Sponsored by Palace Nova East End Cinemas.

‘Lucky registration’ prize: John Ward (Donaldson Walsh Lawyers)
Prize: 2 tickets to Capri Movie Theatre and 2 bottles of Rolf Binder 2008 Barossa Valley Shiraz. Sponsored by Capri Theatres.

A big thank you to our major sponsors, the Law Society, the Hilton Hotel and Ferrier Hodgson, and all of our walkers for making the Walk for Justice such a success this year. We hope to see you again next year.