Swaab Senior Asso­ciate Emma Nichelsen, has obtained Accred­it­ed Spe­cial­ist sta­tus with the Law Soci­ety of NSW in Fam­i­ly Law.

Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion is a struc­tured peer to peer assess­ment process enabling legal prac­ti­tion­ers to be recog­nised for their exper­tise. Each year the Law Soci­ety runs the accred­i­ta­tion pro­gram for a select num­ber of areas of law. The pro­gram con­sists of metic­u­lous assess­ments on both legal knowl­edge and its appli­ca­tion in prac­tice. For accred­i­ta­tion to be con­ferred the can­di­date must pass all assessments.

To main­tain accred­i­ta­tion, spe­cial­ists must demon­strate their com­mit­ment to their accred­i­ta­tion through their work and by under­tak­ing addi­tion­al pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment in their area of accreditation.

Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion Chair, Jacque­line Daw­son, said:

Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion is held by less than 5% of the pro­fes­sion here in New South Wales. Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion is a rig­or­ous process and get­ting accred­it­ed is just the start. When a spe­cial­ist retains their accred­i­ta­tion year on year their clients know the val­ue of the advice they receive.”

In response to her accred­i­ta­tion, Emma said:

I am very proud to obtain­ing my Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion in Fam­i­ly Law. Spe­cial­ist Accred­i­ta­tion in the area of Fam­i­ly Law is a recog­nised mark of exper­tise and achieve­ment in the mar­ket place and with­in the profession.”

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