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Being a Support Person for a Young PersonThis workshop is for youth workers and covers being a 'Support Person' for a young person at the police station, including the role of a Support Person sitting in on a police interview, as well as supporting a young person at court. |
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Between a rock and a hard place Between a Rock and a Hard Place assists community workers to get the most out of the legal system for their clients. The publication covers many common legal areas that community workers encounter when managing their clients issues. There is a comprehensive and easy to understand manual and it is available online as a PDF. |
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Cop This! When dealing with police it is important to know your rights. This package of resources includes a booklet, DVD and learning sequence which fits in with the NT Curriculum Framework for schools |
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Copyright fact sheet Plain language fact sheet on copyright, which has been added to the Law & Justice Foundation’s publishing toolkit. |
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Dare to be Sensible This workshop is for young people and looks at how the law can impact on the life of a young person, including:
The workshop involves a discussion of where young people can go to get legal information and advice. |
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Driving in Western Australia booklet 44 page booklet about driving in WA. Getting your licence and common driving problems designed for CALD and indigenous clients. |
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Education Portal Education Portal is a companion website to the Law Handbook Online. The site is tailored to the needs of secondary and TAFE students and teachers and introduces students to the law, law reform and community activism. The site has four case studies examining legal change. Each case study consists of a role play, notes and lesson plans. The Education Portal also has a directory to the educational activities offered by community legal centres and government agencies. |
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Homelessness & The Law Discussion Series A monthly series of free one hour education sessions for local community workers on a range of legal topics, most of which have a bearing on homeless people or those at risk of homelessness |
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Law and justice tours for newly arrived community members A tour of Barwon Community Legal Service (and talk on Introduction to Australian Law and Police), followed by a tour of the local police station and court house. All information is provided in community languages. |
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Law Handbook The online version of the annual handbook, including fact sheets, services directory and links. |
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Law Handbook - Education Portal A resource for Secondary and TAFE teachers with lessons examining current legal issues, a directory to a range of educational activities offered by the legal profession, and a selection of recommended educational websites. |
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Law Handbook Online The Law Handbook Online is a free online resource for the community to better understand their legal rights on over 90 common legal issues. The website is found at www.lawhandbook.org.au and it is easy to use, has search facilities and is written in plain English. The website also has links and contacts to all community legal centres and community and government services. |
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Laying Down the Criminal Law This publication uses 7 realistic scenarios that a youth worker may be faced with to explore a rights-based decision making framework around issues such as offending, victims of crime, child protection, police, courts and education. |
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Legal Lingo BingoThis interactive game explores a range of common legal issues through a variation of the traditional bingo format. Players match picture squares to their playing sheet while the facilitator explains each one, giving examples of problems that could arise and services available (see example playing sheet attached). As with the traditional format, a player matching five squares in a row calls ‘Legal Lingo Bingo!’ and wins a small prize. ECLC has run Legal Lingo Bingo at a range of recent CLE sessions including English as a Second Language classes, Indigenous communities, groups of young people and even our Centre AGM. In meeting the needs of various communities, the contents of the playing sheet has been ... |
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Legal Publications The Legal Services Commission of South Australia publishes several pamplets, leaflets and cards:
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Legal rights and obligations of youth workers In addition to a youth worker’s common law duty of care, there is a range of legislation, as well as regulations, standards and guidelines (some mandatory, others voluntary) that can affect youth work. This session covers legal issues relevant to youth workers such as duty of care, client confidentiality, privacy, child protection, mandatory reporting, subpoenas and privilege. |
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Mock Court and Tribunal Hearings A series of mock court and tribunal hearings at Bendigo Courts as part of Law Week 2010 |
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Mock Court Plea for Sexting Offences Mock court plea in Children's Court for a 16-year-old charged with multiple sexting offences. Partnership with the local Children's Court (Registrar and Magistrate), Police Prosecutors and Victoria Legal Aid. Plea and 'sentence' is followed by a facilitated discussion by Gippsland Community Legal Service on the consequences of criminal records, sex offender register, employment and travel. |
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New Migrant Education Program The Legal Services Commission of South Australia provides legal information sessions to all new migrants living in South Australia. Presentation topics include but are not limited to:
LSCSA also provides cultural awareness sessions to service providers on 'tips and traps in working with new migrants'. The choice of the topic for presentation... |
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Northern Territory Schedule of Limitations The NT Schedule of Limitations is a guide for legal practitioners. The NT Schedule of Limitations covers a wide range of areas of the law - everything from personal injury, planning and environment, family law and consumer contracts. |