Linda Lovett is an Australian lawyer and was the first Indigenous woman to become a member of the Bar in Victoria (11 May 2006).
[2] For much of Lovett's childhood, her family lived in the family car, travelling from place to place around Victoria to avoid government authorities who, her parents feared, might separate the children from their parents as part of the Stolen Generations.
[3] Lovett completed her legal studies while raising three children as a single mother.
In 2002, Lovett helped to establish the Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association.
[2] She took a position as a criminal lawyer with Victoria Legal Aid, and worked in the Magistrates’ and Children's courts at Werribee, Sunshine, Bacchus Marsh, Preston and Heidelberg.