Mick Dodson

Mick Dodson AM, FASSA
Dodson in 2014
Born	Michael James Dodson Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Education	Monivae College
Alma mater	Monash University
Occupation(s)	Barrister and academic; Professor of Law at the Australian National University
Known for	First Indigenous person to graduate from law in Australia Prominent member of the Yawuru peoples in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Relatives	Pat Dodson (brother)

Michael James Dodson AM, FASSA is an Aboriginal Australian barrister and academic. He was Australia's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. His brother is Pat Dodson, also a noted Aboriginal leader and from 2016 to 2024 a senator in the Federal Parliament, representing Western Australia.