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This edition comes at a critical time for community legal centres nationally, with negotiations between the Federal Government and States and Territories on a new National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services having just concluded. Victorian centres, together with the Federation, are also actively engaging in the Royal Commission into Family Violence. This issue also includes the ...

Welcome to the Spring 2014 Community Law Newsletter. In this comprehensive issue, we look at what the National Census results show about Victorian CLCs, we chart the changing context for CLCs both in Victoria and nationally, we introduce new staff and new ways of communicating, and we update you on the Federation's extensive family violence and Smart Justice advocacy. You'll also find t...

Our bumper Winter 2013 issue covers new staff at the Federation; the call to refund the Mental Health Legal Centre; the new Victoria Legal Aid guidelines; a host of law reform issues; all our latest media releases and media coverage, plus much more.

Inside this exciting edition of Community Law News read all about: 1. High Court win for asylum seekers shows the importance of CLC work 2. Springvale Monash Legal Service client receives racial discrimination compensation 3. No Ball for Elder Abuse! 4. Denis Nelthorpe’s Justice Profile 5. Aboriginal Credit and Debt Project 6. City CLC law student volunteers in the...

Community Law News Summer 2011 edition.   In this edition you can read about: 1. A Fair Go on Insurance - arguing for insurance reforms to deal better with floods and other disasters. 2. The highlights of the recent CLC Census which focused on CLC workforce issues 3. Justice Profile of CLC Lawyer and police accountability expert Tamar Hopkins 4. Life as a CLC Law Graduat...