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 have Easy English information on some topics.
Making community legal information
For resources to help you plan, develop and review community legal information, visit Making community legal information.
How we support community legal information
To find out how we collaborate across the sector, visit How we support community legal information.
Projects
We often collaborate with Victorian and national organisations on legal education projects.
Some of our current projects are:
- Using artificial intelligence (AI) for your legal problem(opens in a new window): guidance to help people use AI more safely and effectively when dealing with legal issues.
- Law for helpers: a resource finder for community workers and other non-legal helpers to find training, tools, resources and information
- 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 (education kit) 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.
Want to know more?
Want to know more about our community legal education sessions, making community legal information or our projects?
Contact us at cle@vla.vic.gov.au or call (03) 9269 0234 and ask for Community Legal Education.
For updates on our resources and activities, subscribe to our Community Legal Education Update.
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