Mick Dodson

Mick Dodson AM, FASSA
Dodson in 2014
Born	Michael James Dodson (1950-04-10) 10 April 1950 (age 74) 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 (born 10 April 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian barrister, academic, and member of the Yawuru people in the Broome area of the southern Kimberley region of Western Australia.^[1]

His brother is Pat Dodson, also a noted Aboriginal leader and from 2016 to 2024 a senator in the Federal Parliament, representing Western Australia.