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Community Legal Education
Our centre provides free legal community education through seminars, talks, stalls, articles and workshops.
Community legal education can serve a number of purposes including:
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Informing you about your legal rights and responsibilities;
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Educating communities about the introduction and impact of new laws;
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Advising people about their options in specific circumstances e.g., if you are dismissed at work or refused a refund; and
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Ensuring people know what we do and how we can help.
Who benefits from community legal education?
Some examples are listed below:
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Not-for-profit community organisations;
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People with disabilities;
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Seniors and seniors groups;
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Indigenous people;
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Young people;
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People accessing the family law system; and
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Those experiencing, or at risk of, family and domestic violence
What topics do we cover?
We provide community legal education on:
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Family law e.g., parenting and property matters;
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Consumer law e.g., buying a car, refunds;
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Employment law;
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Wills, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianship and end of life decisions;
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Discrimination; and
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Elder abuse and exploitation
Interested in a topic that isn’t listed above? Have a chat with us. If we don’t have the expertise in that area we will try and refer you to another organisation.