Marrickville Legal Centre About
Marrickville Legal Centre offers free legal advice and
Student Opportunities
west, southern suburbs of Sydney, and beyond. There are
Client Support Officer or Admin Volunteer.
assistance to the community of the inner-west, south1.5 million people living in their key catchment: that’s 30
Students can volunteer at Marrickville Legal Centre as a
per cent of Sydney’s total population.
Client Support Officers must have completed at least two
Marrickville Legal Centre recognises that some members
of a graduate law degree. Students must commit to one
of the community experience greater barriers to access
to justice than others. They prioritise service delivery to young people, people who are homeless or at risk of
years of a combined undergraduate law degree or one year day per week for six months. Client Support Officers work at front desk undertaking legal work.
homelessness, people with a mental illness, people with a
Admin Volunteers assist with support services and may
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people and people
fundraising work. Students must commit to at least eight
disability, people who have experienced family violence, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
What kind of work? Areas of practice:
- General legal, e.g. consumer disputes, employment,
be involved in social media, data entry, research and hours per week.
You can find more information here:
https://www.mlc.org.au/get-involved/
discrimination etc.
Graduate Opportunities
- Domestic and family violence
placements. PLT students assist with client intake, give
- Problems arising from gambling - Family law - Strata
- Tenancy (Marrickville Legal Centre runs Inner West
Tenants’ Advice & Advocacy Service and Northern Sydney Area Tenants’ Service)
Type of work done by employees: - Legal advice
- Legal referrals
- Community outreach
Marrickville Legal Centre offer Practical Legal Training (PLT)
legal information and referrals, assist with casework, and perform other administrative tasks.
Applicants must demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to social justice causes and volunteering and legal ethical issues affecting community legal centres. You can find more information here:
https://www.mlc.org.au/get-involved/
- Community legal education
Fun Fact / Recent Project
Location
Marrickville Legal Centre run a specialist Youth Legal
Sydney
Youth Legal Service
Service (YLS) providing free legal information, advice and assistance to people 25 years and younger.
The YLS can provide legal assistance on issues relating
specifically to young people, such as problems at home and bullying at school.
The YLS also provides advice through community
outreaches, including at Bankstown Migrant Youth Service, Belmore Youth Resource Centre, Liverpool
Headspace, Bankstown Headspace and Humanity Matters Festival.
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