HIV/AIDS Legal Centre

About

The HIV AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) is a not-for-profit, specialist community legal centre, and the only one of its kind in Australia. HALC provices legal services to people in NSW with HIV or Hepatitis-related legal matters and aims to tackle the severe stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. Graduate Opportunities Volunteer work is also available for graduates who are undertaking their Practical Legal Training (PLT). PLT students are required to commit to a minimum of four days per week and undertake similar work to student volunteers. HALC delivers services to people from vulnerable social and cultural backgrounds, including people from the LGBTQI community, people suffering from mental illness, sex workers, injecting drug users and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Fun Fact / Recent Project HIV and the Law HALC produces a number of guides for clients suffering HIV to better understand their legal rights. Guides cover a broad range of topics, including: What kind of work? HALC provides advice to clients suffering from HIV in a broad range of practice areas. - Disclosing your HIV status in various states - Immigration for HIV positive people - Women with HIV - Probate Type of work done by employees: - Legal advice - Travel and HIV - Custodial sentences for people with HIV - Legal referrals - Community legal education - Law reform and policy work

Location

Sydney

Student Opportunities

HALC offers volunteer placements for law students. Students must commit at least three days per week.

Students are involved in: - Direct client contact - Court appearances - Submission writing - Drafting of legal documents - Strategising for client outcomes - Hands on carriage (with supervision) of matters

You can find more information here: https://halc.org.au/volunteering/