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9/17/2020 Prosecutions in the digital age: In conversation with Mabel Lai, Crown Law Office (Criminal)By Sophie Zhao Mabel Lai is Crown Counsel at the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Crown Law Office (Criminal). Her practice includes trial matters involving large-scale frauds or justice system participants, criminal appeals, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, and pre-charge and search advice to law enforcement. Mabel has colleagues who are passionate about work involving sexual assault, hate speech, gun crime, and financial crime. The Crown Law Office (Criminal) also provides legal advice directly to the Attorney General in relation to matters requiring consent under the Criminal Code including dangerous offender applications, direct indictments and the institution of hate crime charges. Working in criminal justice means dealing directly with life-changing things for people involved in the files, something which makes the work both emotionally challenging at times, and immensely meaningful. |
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