On Tuesday 15th October 2020 Michael Gawenda – journalist, Yiddishist and author of The Powerbroker – and Mark Leibler AC – Jewish lawyer and community leader – were joined in conversation with Kadimah board member and Sir Zelman Cowen Centre director Professor Kathy Laster.
Why are so many Jews attracted to the legal profession? What shaped Mark Leibler’s – and so many other prominent Jewish lawyers’ – commitment to Indigenous people and causes? Was Mark able to shed his natural caution as a lawyer to open up for the biography? Is there a connection between pro bono contributions and Jewish values? For biographer and subject, how is it possible to reconcile the professional, public and personal responsibilities of a distinguished and multilayered life in the law?
The renowned lawyer, his biographer and the academic unpack the deep, multi-layered influences on a formidable career and life.