Who are we?

Futures In Law provides advice, mentoring and counseling for aspiring, junior, and mid-career lawyers.

Consultant Kim Henderson BA LLB (Melb) enjoyed a successful and varied 40 year legal career encompassing:

  • Several years as an employee property law solicitor in a mid-tier regional firm.

  • Five years at the Victoria Bar practising in a variety of areas, but primarily as a criminal barrister.

  • Over twenty years as a solicitor in a large regional firm, including 19 years as a Principal, practising in the area of Family Law financial settlements, while also being responsible for the Articled Clerk (Graduate Trainee) Programme and Partner Welfare.

  • In 2012 Kim established 'Mediate First', a boutique firm, offering a range of non-litigious and non-adversarial solutions to Family Law financial settlements utilizing his accreditations as an arbitrator, mediator, Family Law Specialist and Collaborative Law Practitioner.

  • In recent years Kim reduced the scope of his practice to the provision of mediation services.

It's Kim’s exposure to a wide range of legal practices in his roles as a barrister, solicitor and mediator which has produced the skill set upon which 'Futures in Law' is based.


What do we offer?

  • Organisational and department presentations on specific or general career related issues.

  • One on one sessions with law students and legal practitioners providing career mentoring, advice and counselling at the request of employers, employees and prospective employees.

  • Regular and ad hoc career focussed articles on specific topics.


What do we cost?

  • Organisation and department presentations:

    • by negotiation, including pro bono where appropriate.

  • One on one sessions with law students:

    • Pro bono or the price of a mug of coffee (numbers limited).

  • One on one sessions with legal practitioners within 5 years of graduation:

    • $165 for sessions of 1-2 hours.

  • One on one sessions with legal practitioners more than 5 years since graduation:

    • $330 for sessions of 1-2 hours.


Where are we located?

We are based in Geelong but also conduct group and personal sessions via the Zoom and Teams platforms if in-person meetings are not convenient.