John Hodgins is Chief Executive Officer of Legal Aid
Queensland and has held the position since 1990.
He fields the degrees of Arts and Law and has been admitted as a
solicitor for 27 years. He has been employed as a legal aid lawyer since 1977.
John has been a member of the Family Law Council, a member of the
Steering Committee reviewing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and is a
current member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration.
John was the inaugural Chair of National Legal which is the collegiate
group of State and Territory Legal Aid Chief Executive Officers.