Mark Woods

Mark Woods

Chair of the Access to Justice Committee at Law Council of Australia

Mark is an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law and Family Law, and general litigator practising in regional Australia.  He is a past president of the Law Institute of Victoria, and has oversight of the Institute’s Legal Assistance Scheme.  He was founding chair of the LawAid Trust, which funds the out of pocket costs of lawyers acting pro bono.  He is a board member of the Australian Pro Bono Centre.

Mark chairs the Access to Justice Committee of the Law Council of Australia, the nation’s peak body for lawyers and currently chairs the Australian Legal Assistance Forum, the peak collaborative body for the legal assistance sector.  He is Vice Chair of the Access to Justice Committee of the International Bar Association, and Councillor of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.  He frequently presents at international conferences on family law and criminal law topics, and access to justice issues.