Community Legal Centres Flashcards
1
Q
what are CLCs
A
Independent organisations that provide free legal services (assistance, advice, information, representation)
2
Q
types
A
- generalist
- specialist
3
Q
generalist
A
broad legal services in a particular geographical area (Fitzroy legal service)
4
Q
specialist
A
provides legal service to a specific area or group (Women’s legal service)
5
Q
roles
A
- provides accused people with information
- provides education to the community
- advocates for change
- funded through commonwealth and state funding
- prioritises disables, mentally impaired, refugees, DV victims, homeless, or disadvantaged young people
6
Q
types of assistance
A
- basic free legal information (online and physical)
- legal advice (letters and forms)
- ongoing casework (mainly for indictable offences if an accused needs additional help)
- duty lawyer services (if people meet the criteria, they can get a free lawyer)
7
Q
strengths
A
- provides free legal information (access - informed basis)
some legal information is provided in different languages (fairness - participation)
8
Q
weaknesses
A
insufficient funding to help all (equality - treatment, fairness - participation)
no assistance for indictable offences (fairness - participation)
