Ms Jean Shaw (BA, LLB (Hons) University of Western Australia) joined the Commission in December 2023. Ms Shaw holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Western Australia.
She is currently an Acting State Counsel at the State Solicitor’s Office (SSO), where she has worked since 2003. In that role, Ms Shaw provides high level, independent legal advice on complex issues across a range of subject areas of relevance to the State Government and appears as counsel in complex and politically sensitive litigation on behalf of State Government clients.
She has appeared as counsel in the High Court, Federal Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court, Coroner’s Court and State Administrative Tribunal, and in both civil and criminal matters. Ms Shaw has been involved in various legislative reform projects while working at the SSO. She also currently coordinates, and participates as a mentor in, the SSO's junior counsel mentoring and support program, established in 2021.
