Community Legal Education
Community Legal Education (CLE) is a key part of Kingsford Legal Centre’s service delivery program. It is informed by our advice and casework clinics as well as our community development work. KLC runs an extensive program both proactive and reactive to community requests. Including:
- Legal information sessions delivered to local community groups – for example at the Lexo Hub.
- Monthly, free, plain English law sessions for community workers.
- Innovative and interactive sessions to local schools on relevant and topical issues such as #MeToo/sexual harassment and Aboriginal constitutional recognition.
- Rights at work factsheets for women in three community languages and English.
If you would like us to develop and deliver a community legal education session for your clients, complete our Community Legal Education (CLE) Session Request form.
Plain English Law for Community Workers
KLC provides a free workshops on areas of law encountered by local community workers and organisations in plain English so that we camsn work together to get the best outcomes for our clients. Previous workshops covered issues such as:
- Legal Basics and Referrals;
- Planning Ahead and Seniors Rights
- Young People and the Police
- Scams
If you would like to be on the mail list for these workshops email us at legal@unsw.edu.au.
Family Violence/Family Law Community Legal Education
Our Family Law/Family Violence Clinic provides free community legal education workshops to our local community members as well as community workers. Previous workshops covered issues such as:
- DV and Debt, Apprehended Violence Orders.
- Coersive Control
- Subpoenas & Sexual Assualt Communications Privilege
If you would like us to provide your organisation with training around Domestic Violence Law email us at legal@unsw.edu.au.
If you would like us to develop and deliver a community legal education session for your clients, complete our Community Legal Education (CLE) Session Request form.
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Kingsford Legal Centre respectfully acknowledges the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples, on whose unceded lands we are privileged to learn, teach and work. We honour their Elders, past and present, and recognise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with whom we walk together. KLC acknowledges their enduring connection to culture, community and Country.