NORTHERN SUBURBS COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRE Contact details • Contact Snare
person:
Nicholas
• HR contact email: info@ nsclegal.org.au • CLC focus: Generalist practice, older persons rights service, domestic violence crisis, restraining order respondents, tenancy advocacy
Volunteering
10 Cobbler Place, Mirrabooka 6061 nsclegal.org.au info@nsclegal.org.au
What kind of tasks do student How can students apply? volunteers undertake? Email to info@nsclegal.org.au • Taking instructions from clients What attributes do you look • Drafting advice for in an applicant? • Shadowing solicitors • Genuine care for • Research disadvantaged clients, • Sometimes (but less often) including clients with a difficult attending Court and/or history of mental illness, drug tribunals as needed misuse, trauma, prior struggles with police etc. Do you offer any opportunities to do PLT? • Passion.
Yes. We intermittently get PLT • Energy. students and are willing to take • Willingness to step out of Which areas of law will clerks one or two at a time depending comfort zone. be exposed to? on lawyer availability. • Solid results - especially for Depends on the program into postgrads. which the student is placed. Most likely areas of exposure are generalist law (civil, criminal, What advice do you have for Roughly how many positions are available for students in family) and older persons rights students looking to apply? 2022? (elder abuse, powers of attorney/ guardianship, restraining orders There’s no harm in asking. 2-4. etc). Must have a heart for the
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What are the skills/benefits of disadvantaged, that is the taking a position at your CLC? overwhelming majority of our Get thrown in the deep end very demographic. Be prepared for early i.e., speaking with clients hard conversations with clients Our capacity to take students directly – generally on 2nd or because you’ll be getting them depends more on the availability of lawyers and our office space, 3rd day, hands-on supervision, soon if accepted. rather than anything else. There management of difficult and What does your recruitment/ is no specific criteria that will vulnerable clients. interview process consist of? ensure acceptance because our Do you have opportunities for Send in a copy of your cover letter, availability varies with caseloads. courtroom work/advocacy? CV and academic transcript. We We recommend that you make an Not to students directly, but then assess each against our application if you’re interested, students can accompany lawyers selection criteria, office space explain the value you would bring to Court and tribunals. and availability of lawyers. to our very busy practice, and made shortly thereafter and the connect your application with our candidates will be notified. mission to help disadvantaged clients. 159
