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She has acted as a litigator in the Migration jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court, the Federal Court and the High Court. She regularly acts as an advocate at the Department and Tribunal stages. Amina’s migration work spans a wide range of visas including refugee, family, parent visas as well as citizenship matters.

Amina is a lawyer with almost 10 years experience in immigration and administrative law.

She is admitted both to the Supreme Court and High Court of Australia.

Successful case portfolio (Cases publicly available online):
JPPS and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
(Migration) [2023] AATA 3022 (21 September 2023)
TGYM and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Citizenship) [2023] AATA 1636 (12 May 2023)
1932525 (Refugee) [2020] AATA 5544 (18 December 2020)
EGS17 v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION [2018] FCCA 2539 as instructing solicitor
Derbas (Migration) [2019] AATA 391 (25 January 2019)
1731859 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 4981 (8 November 2018)
1731861 (Migration) [2018] AATA 5889 (8 November 2018)
Fattah and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Citizenship) [2020] AATA 2938 (12 August 2020)
FAHME (Migration) [2023] AATA 3079 (20 September 2023)

Training pre-admission in law

Amina completed training and internships at multiple social justice and human rights centres whilst a student at UNSW including at Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS), Diplomacy Training Program, Kingsford Legal Centre, Human Rights Defender Publication and UNSW Human Rights Clinic – all approved by the UNSW Law School.

Presentations and papers

  • Seminar – BenchTV (2018) – Judicial Review in Migration Decisions.
  • Paper – UNSW Human Rights Clinic (2014), toward a holistic approach to guardianship in Australia: Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission inquiry into children in immigration detention.

Education

2008 – 2014 – Bachelor of Laws, University of New South Wales, Kensington
2008 – 2014 – Bachelor of Arts (Development Studies), University of New South Wales
2014 – 2015 – Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law

Honours and Awards

Law Council of Australia – Immigration Nerd Finalist, 2017 Immigration Law Conference
Lawyers Weekly 2019 – Finalist – 30 under 30 – Migration Division
Lawyers Weekly 2020 – Finalist – 30 under 30 – Migration Division
Louis Brown Memorial Award – University of New South Wales

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2015 Admitted to the High Court of Australia.
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