Macarthur Legal Centre

Macarthur Legal Centre About

Macarthur Legal Centre (MLC) was established in 1987 and is part of a network of community legal centres which provides free legal advice, referrals and assistance to people living in the Macarthur region of NSW. Student Opportunities MLC offer a number of volunteering opportunities to students: The goal of MLC is to promote social justice and provide free and accessible legal services to people who experience social and economic disadvantage. - Daytime front desk volunteer: duties include taking calls, greeting clients face-to-face, and various office administrative duties - Advice session intake volunteer: responsible for collecting What kind of work? Areas of practice: - Family law - Care and protection - Child support client information, conducting conflict checks and obtaining client instructions. - Research positions: these are available from time to time for specific research projects. Research students are typically recruited from advice session volunteers. - Credit and debt - Wills, power of attorney and guardianship - Traffic matters - Fines and SDRO matters Volunteers must commit to at least one day per week. Advice session intake volunteers must also have completed at least one year of their degree. - Neighbourhood disputes - Employment law - Discrimination You can find more information here: http://maclegal.net.au/about/volunteering/ - Consumer complaints - Centrelink issues - Youth law - Victims support - Civil law matters Graduate Opportunities MLC also offer Practical Legal Training (PLT) placements, however these are limited. PLT students are usually recruited from advice session volunteers. - Tenancy (MLC run the South West Sydney Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service) - Domestic violence court advocacy (MLC run the Macarthur Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service ) Fun Fact / Recent Project Children and Young People Macarthur Legal Centre runs the Children’s Court Assistance Scheme (‘CCAS’) at Campbelltown Local Court. Type of work done by employees: - Legal advice and information - Legal referrals - Legal outreach - Casework - Community legal education A CCAS worker, and volunteers, provide information, referrals and non-legal assistance to children and young people appearing before the Children’s Court. MLC also offers mediation services to children and young people with current matters before the Children's Court as an alternative to litigation. - Law reform and policy work - Youth and family mediation

Location

Macarthur (South-west of Sydney)