The Joanna Knight Scholarship will support law students experiencing financial disadvantage and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to pursue a career at community legal centres in New South Wales.
Community Legal Centres NSW's First Nations Cadetship Program, aimed at addressing the under-representation of Aboriginal people in the state’s legal sector, is being extended after a successful first year.
Community Legal Centres NSW offers our full-hearted support to the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT and AbSec in calling for the NSW Government to end the over-representation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
We welcome the release of the National Plan, particularly its recognition that social security and housing are essential when it comes to preventing violence.