STEP NSW Emerging Professionals Network | Wednesday 25 November 2026

STEP NSW Branch invites you to the next Emerging Professionals Network event, to be held on Wednesday 25 November 2026 at JustFund, Sydney. The EPN’s focus is to foster engagement among professionals by providing opportunities to meet and exchange ideas in an informal networking environment. The EPN is open to all professional advisors, educators and students with a trusts and estates focus in their practice (including legal, accounting, financial services and trust company backgrounds), whether for private or corporate clients. With a focus on knowledge sharing and networking amongst emerging trust and estate professionals, this will be an interactive and inclusive event. ABOUT THE EVENT The evening will include a presentation from Jennifer McMillan, Manager, Practice Support Services, Lawcover on the topic of ‘Traps for executors and their advisors’. This session will look at risks facing executors, and how best to manage and avoid those risks. In particular, the session will focus on: • Tax traps in estate administration • Estates where there has been an active power of attorney • Adjustment clauses • Bankrupt beneficiaries • Cyber fraud EVENT DETAILS DATE: Wednesday 25 November 2026 TIME (all times AEDT): • 17:30 - 18:00 arrival and networking • 18:00 - 18:40 presentation • 18:40 - 21:00 networking and refreshments VENUE: JustFund | Level 9/85 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000 COST: STEP Members $25 | Non-Members $30 BOOK TICKETS for yourself and your team today. Tickets include refreshments, networking and a short presentation from the speaker. Ticket sales will close on Thursday 19 November 2026. Kindly note that this is an in-person only event and will not be recorded. You are welcome to forward this event to any junior practitioner of your firm, or in your network, who would be interested to attend. We invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the extended STEP Network and be introduced to the STEP experience! ABOUT THE PRESENTER | Jennifer McMillan Jen McMillan is Manager, Practice Support Services with Lawcover. She was admitted to practice in New South Wales in 1989 and in Western Australia in 1992. She is a Law Society of NSW Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates and a member of STEP. She has experience in private practice, in-house with a trustee company, as an academic in the College of Law’s LLM (Applied Law) program and as a former Senior Member in the Guardianship Division of NCAT. She is a member of the NSW Law Society’s Property Law Committee and of its Elder Law Succession & Capacity Committee. EVENT SPONSOR | JustFund JustFund is Australia’s leading estate and family law finance provider, trusted by over 1,500 law firms nationwide. Driven by professionalism and care, they provide flexible funding for estate administration, inheritance advances, and estate disputes. This empowers both firms and their clients to focus on achieving the best possible outcome, helping families move forward with greater peace of mind, free from the stress of out-of-pocket expenses. And law firms no longer have to carry fees and expenses and wait for probate to be reimbursed. For further information or assistance, please contact [email protected]