Community Legal Education

Fitzroy Legal Service conducts Community Legal Education (CLE) on most issues of the law. We are committed to ensuring that the legal system is accessible to all members of our community, and CLE plays a major part in demystifying the law. We are available to run CLE sessions for community groups and can arrange interpreters to attend sessions when required. Please contact us to discuss a possible CLE session for your community or professional group.

Examples of community legal education sessions:

• Confidentiality and Duty of Care Obligations for Community Sector Workers
• Introduction to the Legal System for Newly Arrived Communities
• Working with Lawyers in the Criminal Justice System
• Legal Issue Spotting and Referral Pathways for Community Sector Workers
• Wills & Powers of Attorney
• Family Violence Laws
• Driving Laws
• Credit & Debt
• Criminal Record Discrimination
• Child Protection & Mandatory Reporting Obligations
• FGM laws
• Public Order Offences
• Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Our Community Legal Education activities are framed for community groups or support workers depending on the nature of the request. Community Legal Education is also facilitated through regular radio broadcasting on 3CR and 3RRR. 

If you would like more information on our community legal education sessions please contact:

Belinda Lo, Legal Projects Officer/ Solicitor or Meghan Fitzgerald, Community Development Officer/Solicitor on (03) 9419 3744

Satya Nandlal, Community Legal Education Worker Neighbourhood Justice Centre on (03) 9419 3744

Legal resources for the community produced by the Fitzroy Legal Service are:

• Law Handbook Online
• Law4community
• Between a rock and a hard place
• Services directory for Drug and Alcohol Users
• Activist Rights
• Done by law