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Fiona Albert hard at work for JA Carroll Solicitors in Kingaroy on Thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 7, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett solicitor – and former Olympian – Fiona Albert has secured one of just five Jack Cranstoun Scholarships awarded to young Queenslanders.<\/p>\n

Fiona, who joined JA Carroll Solicitors in February this year, has been awarded $16,700 to attend mediation training.<\/p>\n

The course, run by the Department of Justice & Attorney-General, will enable Fiona to become a nationally accredited mediator.<\/p>\n

Fiona graduated from the University of Queensland in 2014, the same year she was named\u00a0Australian University Sport Female Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n

She admits her mind wasn’t fully on a career in law at the time – she was in training to compete in the Women’s Rowing Eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n

The team came fourth in Heat 1 of the competition and narrowly missed out on a place in the final in the rep\u00eachage.<\/p>\n

Back in Australia, Fiona was admitted as a solicitor in 2017 and then tried to combine full-time legal work with full-time rowing training.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There was not a lot of sleep and a lot of coffee,” she joked.<\/p>\n

But in 2019, she was forced to officially retire from rowing after she “blew” her back.<\/p>\n

Fiona was working as a Judge’s Associate in a County Court in Melbourne when the pandemic struck in 2020.<\/p>\n

“My judge retired and I wanted to come back to Queensland,” she said.<\/p>\n

Although she did not grow up in the South Burnett, Fiona’s family connections go back more than a century so she thought of the South Burnett as home.<\/p>\n

Fiona managed – with a massive dose of good luck – to strike a time when the borders were still open and there was no quarantine requirement.<\/p>\n

At JA Carroll she does “a bit of everything” but mainly family and criminal law and estate work, working in Murgon and Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

“I am really enjoying being at this practice. I am getting really good experience,” she said.<\/p>\n

Fiona was presented with the scholarship prize at a ceremony in the Supreme Court Library in Brisbane on September 28.<\/p>\n

Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said the Jack Cranstoun Scholarship was a valuable opportunity for the five recipients to sharpen their skills in the art of mediation and dispute resolution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJack was a much-loved and talented mediator with the Department of Justice and Attorney-General who sadly lost his life in 2014,\u201d Ms Fentiman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Cranstoun\u2019s colleagues recognised that offering these opportunities to young people in his name would be a fitting tribute for someone who was a bright and talented problem solver in his own right.<\/p>\n

\u201cMediators provide an invaluable service to the community, helping people resolve their differences without the need to go to court.<\/p>\n

\u201cApplicants for the scholarship were assessed for merit and interviewed by a panel regarding relevant criteria as well as their passion for mediation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur award winners will be trained by experienced mediators from Queensland\u2019s Dispute Resolution Branch and will have the opportunity to be assessed for National Mediator Accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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