Dr Chris Maylea is a social worker, lawyer, academic and consultant who specialises the in the intersections of social work and law. He has published on social work in involuntary mental health settings, refugees and asylum seekers and has worked extensively in mental health and homelessness, with experience as a youth worker and in Aboriginal specific services. He works pro bono as a lawyer, regularly consults at state and federal levels, and teaches social work at RMIT University.