Projects we've funded

An online Q&A on employment rights based on frequently asked questions from the community.

A series of podcast on family law topics for workers in the Gippsland region.

Roadshow to four bushfire affected communities in East Gippsland delivering CLE and resources, with a particular focus on how to be legally prepared for bushfire and other natural disasters.

A panel discussion on the legal system for people from African backgrounds.

Printing of Koori Help – a consumer law booklet for Aboriginal communities.

A resource to inform people living with HIV of their rights and protections when disclosing their HIV status.

A service for Victorian employees seeking legal advice in relation to contracts and documents related to their employment or other work.

This project will work with young Sudanese people, and their families, to improve their understanding of and confidence in the legal system. Project partner, Springvale Monash Legal Service (SMLS) will embed a community lawyer two days a week at Afri-Aus Care in Dandenong and Pakenham.

A peer legal education project that will educate, empower and help women in the West Heidelberg region navigate the legal system when experiencing family violence and related legal issues.

A series of information sessions for Sudanese, South Sudanese and Congolese community members in the Shepparton region to increase understanding and awareness of Australian laws and the legal system.

Collect new data on legal outcomes for community housing tenants by looking at the management of housing issues and tenancy disputes.

Since the Royal Commission into family violence, the police response to family violence has intensified and resulted in a significant increase of police brought family violence intervention orders. This project will explore the impact that this is having on women’s experience of the justice process as well as safety and wellbeing outcomes.

Research project focusing on three priority groups - people with disability, CALD communities, and women/single parents and explores their capacity and capability to use online self-help resources to resolve a legal problem.

Delivering accessible legal information to all Victorians who have old and irrelevant criminal records about their rights at work.

Investigating the civil law aspects of elder abuse in the Barwon region. Research findings will inform service delivery, interventions and responses to elder abuse to meet the needs of a growing ageing population.

Additional funds to evaluate CLG peer education project.

Working in partnership with local schools to deliver community legal education around the topic of consent, gendered/family violence and bullying.

A set of videos that discuss how people who can neither afford a lawyer or access public legal services use digital self-help resources to navigate tenancy legal issues and the relevant legal frameworks.

Translation of a series of existing English language video resources into Arabic, Vietnamese and Hindi to better serve need from growing CALD communities.

A series of videos for people with cognitive disability about working with a lawyer. These will provide information and strategies to help them understand their rights and participate meaningfully in the lawyer/client relationship.

A self-assessed triage tool that will assist people accessing the legal service to safely disclose the legal and non-legal issues they are experiencing.

Help for CALD women to increase their legal literacy on family violence/law issues through community legal education tailored to their cultural and linguistic community.

A practical e-learning program aimed at training non-legal professionals to identify legal issues and connect vulnerable clients to legal help.

This project will develop a profile of wage theft and underpayment recovery actions through analysis of administrative data, case characteristics and outcomes at Springvale Monash Legal Service.