Kingsford Legal Centre

About

Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) is committed to social justice and to promoting access to and reform of the legal system. It aims to provide quality legal services to the community and to promote excellence in clinical legal education while fostering a critical analysis of the justice system.

Kingsford Legal Centre is part of the UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law and provides a number of clinical legal education programs to its students. KLC's lawyers, volunteers and students help over 1,500 local community members each year.

What kind of work?

Areas of practice: - Domestic violence - Credit and debt - Victim’s compensation - Criminal law - Employment law - Discrimination law - Centrelink problems - Motor vehicle accidents - Consumer matters - Neighbourhood disputes - Fines - Tenancy - Limited advice on family law matters

Type of work done by employees: - Legal advice - Legal referrals - Representation - Community legal education - Law reform and policy work

Location

Sydney

Student Opportunities

UNSW students undertake client interviewing at KLC as part of the Lawyers, Ethics and Justice course.

Students can also participate in longer clinic programs as an elective. Clinics run in all terms and cover community law, employment law or family law.

Students are involved in the following types of work: - Client interviewing - Legal research - Writing letters - Preparing briefs for counsel - Writing law reform submissions - Undertaking advocacy in court or tribunals - Developing community education materials

You can find more information about clinics here: https://www.law.unsw.edu.au/students/clinics/kingsford-legal-centre

Graduate Opportunities

Graduates can volunteer at KLC as part of UNSW Law's PLT program. You can find more information here: https://www.law.unsw.edu.au/study/unsw-practical-legal-training

Fun Fact / Recent Project

Sexual Harassment Clinic In 2020, KLC introduced a specialist state-wide clinic for people experiencing sexual harassment. The clinic aims to focus law reform work in improving legal options and processes for people who have experienced sexual harassment, to look at ways in which the system can be improved and to work collaboratively with other services. The service is open to people across NSW and will provide advice and casework. The clinic focuses on people in lower paid, insecure and marginalised work but covers all types of sexual harassment – not just at work.