Fresh from her appointment as silk by the NSW Bar, barrister Zelie Heger SC sat down with host Justin Kelly to talk about her relationship with the law and the cases that have shaped her career.  

A barrister at Eleven Wentworth, Zelie has acted for environmentalists pursued by Santos following a failed campaign to stop its Barossa gas project and represented a landmark case arguing for the protection of transgender women from discrimination on the basis of their gender identity.  

She holds a Master in Law from Cambridge University and a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Sydney, where she was awarded the University Medal in Law. Zelie has served as an Associate to the Hon Chief Justice French at the High Court of Australia and the Hon Chief Justice Black at the Federal Court of Australia, and has extensive experience in Administrative, Constitutional and Title law from her time at the New South Wales Crown Solicitor’s Office, 

In September 2024, Zelie was appointed silk by the NSW bar and took on the post-nominal SC – the equivalent to King’s Counsel or KC in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. 

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