Redfern Legal Centre
About
Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) aims to promote social
justice by providing free legal advice, legal services and education to disadvantaged people in New South Wales;
in particular to residents of inner Sydney and to the groups who advocate for them. Additionally, RLC participates in
activities that reduce inequalities and defects in laws, the
legal system, and administrative and social practices that Graduate Opportunities impact on disadvantaged people. RLC provides Practical Legal Training (PLT) placements for
What kind of work? Areas of practice: - Employment
- Money problems and consumer complaints - Financial abuse
- Discrimination and human rights - International students - Police complaints
- Government complaints
graduates. Graduates must be able to commit to two to three days per week.
PLT students are involved in client intake, file review, general administration, research, legal drafting, interviewing clients, and follow up on client matters.
Applicants must have a demonstrated commitment to
social justice, understanding of ethical practice issues
affecting community legal centres, and experience in - Tenancy (RLC run the Inner Sydney Tenants’ Advice and customer service or administration. Advocacy Service) Type of work done by employees: - Legal advice
- Legal referrals
- Community legal education - Law reform and policy work
Location Sydney
Student Opportunities
You can find more information here: https://rlc.org.au/jobs-volunteers
Fun Fact / Recent Project
Financial Abuse Legal Service
In late 2019, RLC launced the Financial Abuse Legal
Service. The service provides free, confidential legal
information and advice to people across NSW who have money problems due to domestic abuse in an intimate partner relationship.
Students can volunteer at RLC as a Legal Assistant. The service can help with: Students must commit half a day per week for 12 months, - Owing money that you cannot pay back
and must have completed at least two years of an - Coercion to sign documents, take out loans or make false undergraduate law degree or have been accepted into a declarations graduate law degree.
- Identity theft to secure credit
- Joint debts/guarantees Legal Assistants are involved in legal invormation and - Credit cards, personal loans and mortgages referral, client intake and interviewing and administrative - Utility bills, such as electricity, gas, phone and internet duties.
- Insurance claims
- Credit reporting Legal Assistants may also be given the opportunity to - Bankruptcy become an administrative assistant to a solicitor, or a volunteer tenancy advisor.
You can find more information here:
https://rlc.org.au/jobs-volunteers/volunteer-legal-assistants
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