Golden Gavel Competition - Yvette Zegenhagen

Last night, Yvette Zegenhagen competed in the Golden Gavel Competition run by the Young Lawyers' Section of the Law Institute of Victoria. Yvette was provided with her topic - 'What not to wear on casual Friday' - and had just 24 hours to prepare her presentation.

Yvette had many laughs from the audience as she spoke about the following: 

• Being super competitive, lawyers always try to one up each other in the fashion stakes on Fridays and end up dressing like something out of star trek.
• The only way to make sure lawyers dress appropriately on casual Fridays would be to regulate it (ie, introduce fashion legislation).
• Offenders will have to stand trial for crimes against fashion before a panel similar to the ones used by America's Next Top Model.
• If found guilty, lawyers will have their practising certificates and offending outfits ceremoniously burnt and be forced to work as accountants.
• If regulation is not the way to go, the best option would be to remove the 'Friday issue' altogether and just implement a four day working week instead.

Points were awarded for humour, cleverness and overall presentation skills. Yvette performed brilliantly and, while she did not win the coveted award, she did Cornwall Stodart proud.

Well done Yvette!

We would also like to thank Kate Harry, Michelle McLean, Rena Solomonidis, Gail Marshall, Dean Katz and Peter Apostolopoulos for attending and providing moral support.