Women's Legal Centre ACT

We're hiring- First Nations Solicitor (Mulleun Mura Program)

Are you a First Nations Solicitor passionate about working within the law to improve outcomes for First Nations families?

Women’s Legal Centre is looking for a First Nations solicitor to provide family law and family violence advice and casework as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary, trauma informed team.

Work with a team of dedicated First Nations women to help keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children safe and connected to culture.

You will receive opportunities for ongoing training, mentoring and career development.

Fore more information and how to apply, please see our website here-

Work with us: First Nations Solicitor (Mulleun Mura Program) - Women’s Legal Centre Legal advice & Support for women

We're Hiring!- Family Law Solicitor (mid-tier)

Women’s Legal Centre is looking for a lawyer to provide family law and family violence advice and casework as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary, trauma informed team.

For more information on how to apply please visit our website here- https://wlc.org.au/get-involved/work-with-us/work-with-us-mid-tier-fam-law-solicitor/

If you know someone who is a good fit, please share with your friends and network!

Work with us: Family Law Solicitor (mid-tier) - Women’s Legal Centre Legal advice & Support for women

Thanks to all the wonderful ANU students who came to our session on Employment Rights this week! We loved collaborating with our friends at Youth Law Australia and ANUSA - ANU Students' Association Legal Servvice on this session!

If you need help with an Employment, Discrimination or Sexual Harassment related problem, you can call the Centre for free, confidential and expert legal advice from our team.

For advice call 02 6257 4377

🌼FUNDRAISING UPDATE🌼
 
We did it! We’re thrilled to announce that we have reached our target for our fundraising campaign with Parker Coles Curtis 💙
 
Thanks to our community who came together to chip in, we raised $11,104! Excitingly, with Parker Coles Curtis doubling your impact up to $10,000, we collectively raised a total of $21,104 for the Centre.
 
This win means a lot of the work we do. Donations will be used to provide practical and immediate support to women in the ACT navigating challenging legal circumstances.
 
We’re so grateful for everyone who supported our campaign! Whether you donated or shared it with a friend, you helped us make this happen!

Thank you again to our friends at Parker Coles Curtis for your generous contribution 💙🧡💜💛

A range of updates from the Fair Work Commission are effective today.

For advice from our expert Employment, Discrimination and Sexual Harassment team, call the Centre on (02) 6257 4377.

How Fridays & your donations make us feel 🥰

If you’re able, please make a tax-deductible donation to our EOFY fundraiser to support our work via www.givenow.com.au/womenslegalcentreactpcc 💜 link is also in our bio.

Thank you to all generous supporters who have donated so far and of course for doubling donations up to $10,000!

Congratulations to our newest Graduate Lawyer Olivia who was admitted today at the ACT Supreme Court! Her admission was moved by our wonderful Senior Lawyer Nicola.

Congratulations Liv! 🥂🍾🎈🎉

Congratulations to our newest Graduate Lawyer Olivia who was admitted today at the ACT Supreme Court! Her admission was moved by our wonderful Senior Lawyer Nicola.

Bring a lawyer is a duty, not a job. At the Centre we have duties to the women we serve, to the profession, to the Court, and to ourselves to be the best lawyers we can be.

We are so lucky to have Olivia joining our team of amazing lawyers at the Centre. Noteably, Liv is perhaps our first family lawyer who is also a professional muay thai boxer! Congratulations Liv! 🥂🍾🎈🎉

Migrant workers are disproportionately impacted by wage theft in employment.

The Migrant Justice Institute has recently released their report 'All work, no pay' on why the small claim's jurisdiction is not helping unrepresented migrant workers to recover wage theft.

One of the key recommendations of this report were that legal services like ours receive more funding to ensure migrants and vulnerable workers are able to pursue underpayment claims.

If you need help understanding what you should be being paid, and what you should do if you are being underpaid, or if you are concerned about how this may impact your migration/visa status Contact the Centre to speak with our Employment, or Migration teams.

To contact the Centre call 02 6257 4377 or make a request for assistance https://wlc.org.au/get-help/request-for-legal-assistance/

To read the report head to https://www.migrantjustice.org/all-work-no-pay?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--FdH9N1MdfIqViQg2A1oktUuj-4Pmh-E9rR11-ddsg8X15TlbwGvkuzJk4lutOAQKWRyh7Na98fBT73TgyZyg1Ce_JxA&_hsmi=312402665&utm_content=312402665&utm_source=hs_email

A reminder to donate if you can! Every dollar is doubled by our friends at Parker Coles Curtis Lawyers!

Parker Coles Curtis is matching all donations to the Women’s Legal Centre ACT this June and July, up to $10,000! Your contribution can be doubled, raising up to $20,000 to support vital services for women escaping violence.

"The need for legal assistance is critical," says Elena Rosenman, CEO of the Women’s Legal Centre. "These funds help women and children find safety and support during challenging times."

Join us in making a difference! Read our lastest blog and donate now and have your contribution matched

https://www.givenow.com.au/womenslegalcentreactpcc?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3reNTzNM48pWq-B4AEIVsfdVhjVnUtA3rHMsCHuj15JznCtSG5zZ2hdvg_aem_AUVWUrheTm1jUDtQtn6rCDsgknIkABGjs_2q9FjCp_MAhOg7gpVWcnVASPfsukLzZuhjdEqRyhe24ciWImy7epGB

Thank you to all our generous supporters who have donated to our fundraising campaign 💜. So far we have raised $578! All donations are matched by , which means we have raised $1156.

If you can donate, you can do so on www.givenow.com.au/womenslegalcentreactpcc

We couldn’t do it without our community! Your donations help us continue to provide specialised legal advice, representation, and support to the most vulnerable women in Canberra 💛.

Goodmorning all! We are still in the midst of moving, but our wonderful intake team will be back on the phones at 10am.

Thankyou for your patience and understanding!

Did you know, if you are a CIT student, you can access free and confidential employment law advice on campus, every Tuesday? Come have a chat!

Women's Legal Centre will be at CIT Reid Campus tomorrow morning.

Come and see us at student services if you have any questions about employment, discrimination or sexual harassment. We can also refer you to our other legal practices in family law and migration.

Call us on 02 6257 4377 or visit wlc.org.au for more information.

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨

Our generous friends at Parker Coles Curtis are once again supporting the Women’s Legal Centre by matching community donations for the months of June and July! 🎉

Last year, thanks to your incredible generosity, we raised a total of $20,000 to help vulnerable women in our community. This year, we aim to reach that goal again in our third annual campaign. 💪💜

Yesterday we launched our fundraising campaign with the amazing team at Parker Coles Curtis! We thank them for their ongoing support of our Centre.

If you are able to donate, even a small amount, every dollar you give will be matched, doubling the support for women facing domestic and family violence.

You can donate on www.givenow.com.au/womenslegalcentreactpcc

Exciting changes to the ACT Human Rights Act are effective today! Canberran's are now able to make human rights complaints about public authorities to the ACT Human Rights Commission.

For advice or assistance call the Centre on (02) 6257 4377.

Women's Legal Centre will be at CIT Bruce Campus tomorrow morning.

Come and see us at student services if you have any questions about employment, discrimination or sexual harassment. We can also refer you to our other legal practices in family law and migration.

Call us on 02 6257 4377 or visit wlc.org.au for more information.

Thanks to our generous friends at , donations made up to $10,000 by the end of July will be doubled! Donate to our fundraiser on www.givenow.com.au/womenslegalcentreactpcc or via the second link in our bio.

Your donations will help us continue to provide specialised legal advice, representation, and support to the most vulnerable women in Canberra.

Can you chip in today and double your impact to help us reach $20,000?

Thank you for your support 💜💛💖

Last night our CEO Elena Rosenman spoke on ABC's 7:30 about the chronic underfunding of the legal assistance sector.

Each week Women's Legal Services across Australia turn away at least 1000 women who approach our services for assistance because we do not have the funding, or the staff to assist.

You can listen to her powerful commentary on this issue: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/XeaxevPZ9N3rT6u9/

If you would like to support the work of our Centre you can donate https://wlc.org.au/donate/ or you can write to your local Member about this issue.

Erin Priestly, Head of the Sexual Violence Legal Service at the Centre spoke to the Canberra Times about the ways the rights of complainants can be better protected in criminal proceedings related to sexual violence.

"We have observed judges to give significant leeway to the accused party to undertake cross-examination rather than to step in to ensure these protections are enforced..."

Ms Priestly said the service supported the introduction of a specialised sexual assault court list, and its goals of reducing delays and achieving earlier resolutions.

"A specialised list is just one step in building faith in the criminal justice system. It alone will not achieve this, however, and it is just one change amongst many that are needed," the lawyer said.

"Such a list will only be successful where everyone involved - the judicial officers, the prosecutors, and defence solicitors - have adequate training on trauma responses to sexual violence and consider the design of processes to ameliorate these."

Courts 'can do more' for sexual assault complainants: Chief Justice ACT set to introduce specialised sexual assault court list.

BOARD AND COMMITTEE VACANCIES

The Centre has several current and anticipated vacancies on its Board, Governance Committee and Finance and Risk Committee, including the Board Chair and Treasurer roles.

If you are a woman with a passion for gender equity and contributing to your community, as well as skills and experience in any of the following areas, we would love to hear from you.
• Governance, particularly with respect to the not-for-profit sector
• Financial management and strategy
• Management of risk
• Legal expertise in areas such as corporate or regulatory law, charities/NFP law or legal assistance scheme and service delivery.

The Board welcomes applications from First Nations women, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, women with disabilities and women from the LBTIQA+ community.
Find out more on our website here-

Board & Committee Member Vacancy - Women’s Legal Centre Legal advice & Support for women

Come and see our team at the Magistrate’s Court for the Law Week Exhibition!

We can’t decide who makes learning about local community legal and justice services and the legal sector more exciting, us, or the gorgeous court support pup (in training) Jarvis, what do you think??

We stand against LGBTQIA+ discrimination. Literally. If you have experienced discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, please ring us to see how we can help (6257 4377) or fill in this form and we will ring you.

https://wlc.org.au/get-help/request-for-legal-assistance/

Always a reminder to let people know we are a services that supports women, trans people and non-binary people. If you need help in relation to domestic violence, relationship breakdown, problems at work, sexual harassment, sexual violence or migration matters please do get in touch.

Our CEO Sue had the great pleasure of joining Aunty Violet Sheridan and CEO of Women's Legal Centre ACT Elena at Parliament House this morning for the launch of expanded services by 1800 RESPECT. They now have the capability of engaging with people looking for National supports through telephone, webchat and as of today text. You can find out more at www.1800respect.org.au