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  With You is a national training program for trauma-informed, rights-based legal services to people experiencing distress, mental health concerns, or suicidality.
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About
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.
- Independent Children’s Lawyers
  The National Independent Children’s Lawyer Program supports ICLs across Australia advocating for children's best interests in family law proceedings.
- 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.
News

11 March, 2025

Upcoming NLA Webinar - Bringing International Best Practice Home

With You Victoria Legal Aid Events Research

Churchill Fellowships on trauma-informed and child-centred legal services

Join us on 4 April 2025 for a discussion with two recipients of the prestigious Churchill Fellowship who recently completed their research on trauma-informed and child-centered legal services. Our two panelists will be sharing their international findings relevant to Australian services, as well as sharing application tips.

Jennifer Chen

Jen runs the With You training program on behalf of NLA. She investigated trauma-informed legal services for people experiencing vulnerability.

Elicia Savvas

Elicia is the Associate Director of Child Protection at Victoria Legal Aid. She investigated child-centred legal services in child welfare law.

Agenda:

1:00pm - Introduction by interim NLA ED

1:15pm - Jennifer presents: An investigation of trauma-informed legal services for people experiencing marginalisation

1:40pm - Elicia presents: Child-centred legal services: lessons from the US and UK

2:05pm - Q&A

Register Today! (opens in new window)

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Respect@Work Discrimination Funding

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A new $21.4 million federal funding package will maintain existing pilot programs to support victim-survivors of sexual violence in the justice system and nationally expand programs to each jurisdiction.

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