Theo Kapodistrias

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Theo Kapodistrias is a multi-award-winning lawyer, working for the University of Tasmania for almost six years. Kapodistrias is a generalist lawyer advising the University on several varied matters and areas of law, including commercial contracts, intellectual property, real property, privacy, and discrimination matters. He has been recognized in Australia being named the 2020 Young Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society of Tasmania, the Academia, Training and Education Lawyer of the Year at the 2018 Corporate Counsel Awards, the 2017 and 2018 30 Under 30 (Corporate Counsel), and featured in the 2019 Legal 500 Australian Rising Stars Publication. In addition to his substantive legal role, Kapodistrias is a Non-Executive Director and Tasmanian Divisional President of ACC Australia, a Tasmanian Ambassador and Industry Champion with Business Events Tasmania, an ambassador for World Idea Day, and the past co-president of the Southern Young Lawyers Committee of Tasmania.

My Articles

Law Department Management

Creating Operational Excellence: Improving Efficiencies for the Legal Team

In my role as a lawyer for the University of Tasmania, I have worked with the team to create operational excellence and to assist us in finding more time for critical business issues. In this article, I’ve shared some key things my team implemented to become more efficient.

Skills and Professional Development

3 Ways to Demonstrate Value Through Communication

As a lawyer for a university, I deal with various people — academics, administrative staff, senior management, and corporates — some who are familiar with legal concepts and others who hear “indemnity” and think it’s a disease. As such, I’ve found that there are three key things that have helped me to improve my communication, provided assistance, and demonstrated my value to the organization.