Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre

Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal CentreAbout

Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre is a not for profit organisation providing free legal advice to people in the Blue Mountains, Oberon, Lithgow, Bathurst and Orange regions. - Assisting solicitors with legal tasks - Data entry and filing EECLC auspices the Blue Mountains Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service (BMTAAS), providing advice, advocacy and representation to tenants in the Blue Mountains. - Assisting with administrative tasks - Assisting with preparation for community legal education sessions and other projects as required EECLC is the only free legal service in this region, with the nearest Legal Aid offices located in Penrith and Orange. You can find more information here: https://www.eeclc.org.au/index.php/contact-us/volunteer EECLC’s primary function is to improve access to the justice system. EECLC gives priority assistance to the most vulnerable people in our community. Graduate Opportunities EECLC offers PLT placements for graduates. Graduates must be What kind of work? Areas of practice: able to commit two to three days per week for a minimum of 40 days and have a commitment to social justice. - Family law and domestic violence - Credit and debt - Tenancy - Age and disability - Discrimination Duties of PLT students include: - To provide clients with information, advocacy support and assistance with legal forms and documents. - To assist with client intake; - To assist with preparation of advice to clients, including online Type of work done by employees - Legal advice - Duty Legal Advice at AVP list days - Task assistance and representation - Tenancy (EECLC runs the Blue Mountains Tenants Advice legal research. - To assist with ongoing case work. - To assist with project work for example, community legal education and law reform. - To assist with conflict checks. and Advocacy Service) - Community legal education - Law reform and policy work You can find more information here: https://www.eeclc.org.au/index.php/contact-us/volunteer Location Katoomba Fun Fact / Recent Project Cicada Project EECLC is currently working in partnership with Dr Jane Bolitho, Student Opportunities "EECLC offers Advice Line Volunteer positions to law students. Students must commit one day per week for 12 months, and have a comittment to social justice. University of NSW to develop “The Cicada Project”, a survivororiented restorative justice framework encompassing a suite of projects focussing on sexual violence and assault. EECLC works in collaboration with local and international partners and receive support, mentoring and guidance from experienced Advice Line duties include: - Conducting intake and assisting solicitors in responding and accredited restorative practitioners in the development of our programs and services. to callers seeking legal advice - Providing information and appropriate referrals - Responding to face to face requests from the public The Cicada Project seeks to provide people harmed by sexual and family violence with safe spaces to talk about what they need and an opportunity for meaningful justice.

69