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The Legal Forecast launches orchestral arm
Disruption and access to justice advocacy group The Legal Forecast celebrated the launch of its creative arts arm last week at the Banco Court in Brisbane.
Jerome Doraisamy
The launch of TLF Creative – an orchestra and arts-based group that provides an inclusive and creative space for legal professionals – is a response by Legal Forecast to the pressures of life in the legal profession.
“Our goal with TLF Creative is to foster collaboration, promote positive mental health and enable creative and talented legal professionals to meet socially, on a regular basis, and collectively pursue musical goals.”
TLF Creative is “a space to watch”, said Legal Forecast director Angus Murray.
“Law and art are profoundly important for society and this initiative serves as the starting point for a significant and healthy change in focus for the legal profession. The introduction of the arts into law will bolster wellness in the legal profession and allow lawyers to access a creative outlet,” he said.
The Banco Court event opened with “a powerful didgeridoo performance” by William Barton and Aunty Delmae Barton, marking the first time that a didgeridoo has been played in a State Court of Queensland.
It also featured a keynote address entitled, ‘Repositioning the Arts in your Life’, by TLF Creative’s Founding Patron, the Honourable Justice Anthe Philippides, and concluded with stunning performances by barrister Matthew Hickey and local lawyer Giovanni Porta, “which culminated in a didgeridoo-backed performance of From Little Things, Big Things Grow, accompanied by a packed gallery of the Banco Court singing along”, Legal Forecast recounted.
Speaking about the new creative arts arm, she said: “The arts will always connect us emotionally by capturing the essence of lived experience.”
TLF Creative will begin with a 30-piece orchestra rehearsing fortnightly at the Old Museum Building in Bowen Hills, Legal Forecast said, and the arm has future plans to expand into other creative forms such as drama, visual art, dance and literature.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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