Terri Janke

Terri Janke is a Wuthathi/Meriam Indigenous lawyer. She is considered a leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property.
Life and career.
Janke was born in Cairns in Queensland, Australia with Torres Strait Islander and Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal heritage.
Janke graduated from the University of New South Wales, and was admitted to practice, in 1995. Since then, she has worked at the National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association, where she assisted the legal team in the leading case "Milpurrurru v Indofurn". Janke has also completed work as a legal consultant with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on the Pacific Traditional Knowledge Action Plan.
Janke is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke and Company, her wholly Indigenous-owned legal firm founded in 2000. Terri Janke and Company specialises in Indigenous intellectual property, Indigenous cultural and intellectual property and business law, and is the largest and oldest Indigenous law firm in Australia.
Janke is respected as one of Australia's leading Indigenous lawyers, and is considered an expert and international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP) and has written the leading protocols ICIP models for various industries including film, arts, museum and archival sectors.
Janke has served on the boards of many Indigenous and non-Indigenous organisations and associations, with some of her previous positions including the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (Deputy Chair), Tourism Australia, National Indigenous Television (Chair) and Ngalaya Indigenous Lawyers Association (Chair), as well as at the State Library of NSW. Terri is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and LEADR Mediators.
In 2019, Janke completed a PhD thesis at the Australian National University. In 2011, Janke was named the NAIDOC Indigenous Person of the Year, and was invited by the Prime Minister in April 2008 to be a delegate at the Australia 2020 Summit.
Some key publications.
Alongside the leading ICIP protocols and models in various sectors, Janke has many publications on the effect of the law on Indigenous peoples and culture, many of which are commissioned by both government and non-government organisations and institutions.