Community legal education and information

What we do

We aim to improve understanding of legal issues in the community to stop legal problems from happening or getting worse. We do this by:

providing information on legal rights and responsibilities and common legal issues
enhancing teachers’ and other workers’ capacity to deliver our legal education kits
delivering legal education for groups that are at risk of social disengagement
building relationships with community groups and organisations
collaborating with, and supporting, other organisations that do this work.

Visit Publications and resources to see our information resources, including booklets, pamphlets, education kits and videos. We have translated and easy read information on some topics.

Projects

We often collaborate with Victorian and national organisations on legal education projects.

Some of our current projects are:

Accessible content project – making our website service information more accessible for people who need communication supports, including easy read and Auslan
Making community legal information – resources to help workers develop information about the law that is accessible and effective
Settled and Safe – a training package to help prevent family violence in newly emerging culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Sex, young people and the law – educating young people on sexual consent, age of consent, sexting and cyberbullying
Stay or go: young people, groups and the law – educating young people on co-offending
Street law – helping young people learn about their rights and responsibilities with police and protective service officers
What’s the law: Australian law for new arrivals and Australian law in orientation – educating newly-arrived people about common legal issues.

Past projects

Our past projects include:

Below the belt – a phone app with information on sex and consent
Connect sessions – delivering education sessions to mosques
Do not Knock campaign
Family Harmony sessions
Relationships, young people and the law
Space invaders – a theatre project focused on police powers
Shepparton sessions for newly arrived communities.

Project evaluations

We evaluate our education projects to check they are effective and learn how we can improve our work in the future. We share our findings to promote collaboration and learning across the legal assistance sector.

Does community legal education work? Researching the impact of the Learning the law education kit for young people with a mild intellectual disability

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Does Community Legal Education Work? Educating English Language Students about Consumer Contracts – 2018

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Does community legal education work? Researching the impact of the Learning the law education kit (accessible version)

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What's the law? evaluation report

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Case study of the Below the belt phone app

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Case study of the Below the belt phone app (accessible version)

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