Ms Zoe Bush
2019
Zelman Cowen John Monash Scholar
Master of Laws
Law
Columbia University
United States of America
Law, Energy and Environment
Climate change law, criminal law, Indigenous legal issues, and movement lawyering.
Zoe is a climate change litigator at the Environmental Defenders Office, an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Western Australia Law School, and a guest lecturer in sustainable finance litigation at the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney. She was recently named the 30 under 30 Pro Bono/Community Lawyer of the Year, and was awarded WA Junior Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2019.
Zoe started her career as an Associate at the Federal Court, before joining the State Solicitor’s Office of WA. During her time at the SSO, Zoe regularly appeared as trial and appellate counsel for government departments and agencies.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts from UWA Law School, and a Master of Laws from Columbia University, from which she graduated a James Kent Scholar and first in Climate Change Law and Policy.