Lynette Nam

Justice Centre Hong Kong

Legal Officer

Lynette is the Legal Officer at Justice Centre, where she provides support to SGBV victims seeking protection in Hong Kong. She is an Australian qualified lawyer and holds a dual degree in Bachelor of Arts/Laws (Hon) from the University of Queensland. Before joining Justice Centre, Lynette worked at Fragomen Worldwide, an international immigration law firm, in Australia and Hong Kong. Previous to this, Lynette was a human rights trainer on the Thai-Burma border. Lynette began her career at Nishimura & Asahi in Tokyo. She has also worked with Refugees International Japan and community legal centers in Brisbane. Lynette recently completed a research project to identify barriers to protection for SGBV survivors seeking asylum in Hong Kong and was invited to speak on this topic at the 2019 FASSTT Conference in Australia. She facilitated the panel on refugee protection at the Asia Pro Bono Conference in 2018.