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- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Plan
  This plan provides an overview of National Legal Aid's strategic plan for the next five years. It identifies the vision, purpose, and goals of our work towards 2030. It answers the questions of who we are, who we support, how we work, what we offer, and our impact.
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Operating Plan
  This plan outlines how we will measure success, the benefits of our work and a five year strategic operating plan for the NLA Directorate. This plan will be reported on as a regular agenda item at NLA Directors meetings and will be reviewed annually.
Policy & advocacy
- ALAF
  The Australian Legal Assistance Forum has been established to enable the members to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a co-operative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a co-ordinated fashion.
- Submissions
  Integral to our policy and advocacy role is the constructive advice, guidance and direction we provide to government. This page contains the submissions NLA has made to various Commonwealth Government and Parliamentary inquiries.
- Reports
  Research and reports aimed at enhancing legal aid funding and quantitatively assessing legal needs to improve access and outcomes across Australia.
National Services
- With You Training
  With You is a national training program for trauma-informed, rights-based legal services to people experiencing distress, mental health concerns, or suicidality.
- amica
  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
- Family Advocacy and Support Service
  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
- Family Violence Law Help
  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
- Legal Aid National Child Support
  A National referral directory for Child Support Services across Australian Legal Aids.
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Home
About
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Plan
  This plan provides an overview of National Legal Aid's strategic plan for the next five years. It identifies the vision, purpose, and goals of our work towards 2030. It answers the questions of who we are, who we support, how we work, what we offer, and our impact.
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Operating Plan
  This plan outlines how we will measure success, the benefits of our work and a five year strategic operating plan for the NLA Directorate. This plan will be reported on as a regular agenda item at NLA Directors meetings and will be reviewed annually.
Policy & advocacy
- ALAF
  The Australian Legal Assistance Forum has been established to enable the members to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a co-operative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a co-ordinated fashion.
- Submissions
  Integral to our policy and advocacy role is the constructive advice, guidance and direction we provide to government. This page contains the submissions NLA has made to various Commonwealth Government and Parliamentary inquiries.
- Reports
  Research and reports aimed at enhancing legal aid funding and quantitatively assessing legal needs to improve access and outcomes across Australia.
National Services
- With You Training
  With You is a national training program for trauma-informed, rights-based legal services to people experiencing distress, mental health concerns, or suicidality.
- amica
  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
- Family Advocacy and Support Service
  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
- Family Violence Law Help
  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
- Legal Aid National Child Support
  A National referral directory for Child Support Services across Australian Legal Aids.
News

Trauma-Informed Live Online Training

Join a half-day training session in trauma-informed, rights-based legal assistance with two facilitators online by Microsoft Teams.

Trauma-informed, rights-based legal assistance training

Live Online Training

Better support clients experiencing trauma, poor mental health, or suicidality.
Improve how you deliver trauma-informed legal services with the With You eLearning and Live Online Training.

The With You Live Online Training offers knowledge, skills, and client scenarios to improve trauma-informed, rights-based legal practice.

Improve how you and your team works to:

• Realise impacts of trauma on staff and clients & understand paths for recovery
• Recognise early signs of trauma before distress becomes heightened
• Respond to trauma with appropriate supports & referrals
• Resist re-traumatisation with healthy coping & reducing traumatic stress

With You training is available with fully-funded places (no cost) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Community Legal Centres, Family Violence Prevention Legal Services, Legal Aid Commissions and Private Practitioners that undertake Legal Aid work.

You can complete two or more eLearning courses which complement the Live Online Training before or after your session.

Register Now

3.5hr interactive sessions run in Microsoft Teams

Mon 22 September, 12:00pm – 3.30pm (AEST) - Session is full - click here to join waitlist
Wed 22 October, 9:30am – 1:00pm (AEDT) - Session is full - click here to join waitlist
Mon 10 November,12:00pm – 3:30pm (AEDT) - Session is full - click here to join waitlist

If you are interested in attending future sessions or have a large number of team members you would like to request training for please email withyou@legalaid.nsw.gov.au