Volunteering Queensland -
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Published on: 10/12/2007
Last Visited: 10/10/2009
ROBERT REED (CORPORATE)
Robert Reed received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 and a Bachelor of Laws degree (with Honours) in 1988 both from the University of Queensland.
In 1989 he commenced employment with the law firm Morris Fletcher & Cross (now Minter Ellison).
Apart from some periods of travel, he has remained with that law firm primarily in the insurance litigation group but now in the employment law group and was appointed Senior Associate in 2001.
In 1999 he was given full-time responsibility to formulate the Brisbane office's Community Benefits Program which was launched in December 2001 and which became the national Community Investment Program in 2003.
Robert has continued to manage the Program in the Brisbane office and therefore coordinates all of the office's community work including pro bono legal assistance, donations & sponsorships and staff volunteering.
He is on the Queensland Law Society Pro Bono & Access to Justice Committee, the CEO Challenge Board, the Brisbane Community Corporate Network Committee, the Queensland Representative on the Board of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre and is Secretary/Treasurer on the Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Management Committee.