Senior Associate, Delaney Roberts Specialist Family Lawyers, Newcastle

Tanya Chapman works exclusively in the area of wills, estates and elder law. She was admitted to legal practice in 2010. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Law at the University of Canberra followed by the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University. Tanya then went on to study in Japan obtaining a Master of Law degree from Kyushu University – the International, Economics and Business Law Masters Program.

Tanya worked at the College of Law in Sydney as a senior content developer in the Applied Masters programme before moving into legal practice as a solicitor in 2015, providing legal services in elder law, including the preparation of wills and estate drafting and probate matters, advising and acting in retirement accommodation issues, providing aged care and elder law advice, acting in commercial leasing and sale and purchase of businesses.

Tanya was a solicitor at the Elder Abuse Legal Service during which time she scripted, hosted and edited the Age, Abuse & Justice YouTube video series and podcast produced by the NSW Legal Aid Commission. She later designed, scripted, hosted and edited the Growing Stronger podcast series.