What does justice really mean, and how might Australia's legal profession rethink its understanding of it? For First Nations peoples, the relationship between law, lore, Country and community offers perspectives on justice that extend beyond the institutions and processes of the Australian legal system.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Eualayai/Gamillaroi lawyer, academic and advocate Professor Larissa Behrendt about her new book, Finding Justice, and how her three decades of experience have shaped her understanding of law, justice and sovereignty. They discuss the relationship between Australian law and First Nations legal traditions, the importance of understanding the historical foundations of the Australian legal system, and what lawyers can learn from Indigenous practices of sovereignty, self-determination and collective care. They also explore the role of Country and Indigenous knowledge in shaping approaches to justice, the responsibility of the legal profession to challenge existing systems, and how practitioners can move beyond symbolic recognition towards meaningful transformation. Finally, Behrendt shares what gives her hope for the future of justice in Australia and the challenge she believes every lawyer should take from Finding Justice.

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