Victoria Law Foundation Fellow 2009/10

Katie Fraser - Prevention is Better than Cure: Preventing Legal Problems for Refugees

Katie Fraser, a solicitor with the Footscray Community Legal Centre (CLC) has been awarded the CLC Fellowship for 2009/10 to undertake a six month project identifying the gaps that exist in the information provided to refugees to Australia about our legal system. Katie plans to travel to two refugee camps in Egypt and Thailand as part of her Fellowship to observe and participate in the Australian Cultural Orientation program and research firsthand what materials and teaching resources are used to prepare refugees for travel to Australia, and to consider ways in which to improve the standard of legal information provided to all refugees before and after arriving in Australia.

Victoria Law Foundation Fellow 2008/09

Tamar Hopkins - Enhancing Human Rights through Police Accountability

At the time of her Fellowship Tamar Hopkins worked at the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre. Tamar travelled to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to research issues surrounding police grievance mechanisms and police accountability. Tamar was particularly interested in how these countries' experiences could be applied in Victoria. For a copy of the 2008/09 Fellowship report, see: 2009 CLC Report.

Victoria Law Foundation Fellow 2007/08

Nicole Rich - Maximising our Potential So We Can Help Our Clients Realise Theirs

At the time of her Fellowship Nicole worked at the Consumer Action Law Centre. Nicole travelled to the United States to research American advocacy strategies, the use of strategic litigation and campaigning, and how they might be applied in Australian community legal centres. 

Victoria Law Foundation Fellow 2006/07

Rachna Muddagouni - Planning Framework Training Manual

At the time of her Fellowship Rachna Muddagouni was Executive Officer of the Fitzroy Legal Service. For her Fellowship, Rachna wrote and published a planning framework training manual for community legal centres. The aim of the project was to strengthen the organisational capacity of community legal centres. Download Planning Framework Training Manual chapters below:
Chapter 1 - Introduction to planning
Chapter 2 - Organisational development planning
Chapter 3 - Casework principles for Community Legal Centres
Chapter 4 - Community development
 

Victoria Law Foundation Fellow 2005/06

Helen McGowan - Lawyers Go Bush

At the time of her Fellowship Helen McGowan worked at the Albury Wodonga Community Legal Service. For her Fellowship, Helen developed and piloted a rural and regional clerkship program to encourage law students to gain experience in regional and rural Victoria. For a copy of the 2005/06 Fellowship report see: 2006 CLC Report.