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Tekan Cochrane

Volunteer Non-Executive Director

Biography

Tekan Cochrane (she/her) is a Volunteer Non-Executive Director of Women of Colour Australia. Tekan resides on the country of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin nation. Tekan is proud Kooma and Yuwaalaraay. She is an established lawyer practising in Victoria.

Tekan is passionate about anti-racism, particularly in the legal sector. She strongly believes that everyone should have equal access to health, education, and the right to legal representation. She is passionate about equality for all, which is one reason why she chose law.

In addition to practising as a lawyer, she is a board member of the Tarwirri-Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association, Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Tekan is admitted to practice as a lawyer in the Queensland Supreme Court and is registered as a legal practitioner in the High Court of Australia.