Nicola is an emergency and senior forensic physician, which puts her right at the intersection of medicine and the law. She runs the training program for forensic registrars, introducing GP and emergency trainees to the vagaries of both these worlds.She is a passionate advocate for safety of patients and staff, creatively using education and legal instruments to challenge the status quo. She also works with the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, and the Incident Response Team for Safer Care Victoria.She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Clinical Communiqu?©, and Medico-Legal Editor of Emergency Medicine Australasia. As a mum of three, a student of law, and an avid kickboxer, she has decided to fill her spare time this year with training to climb Mt Kilimanjaro.