Legal Briefs, hosted by Lizzie O’Shea, is a minute long video, series featuring Australia’s top legal minds exploring foundational topics—from what law is to how contracts or free speech work in practice. Though produced around three years ago, each episode still offers timeless insights into our legal system’s workings and its real-world impact.
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Webinars, workshops, forums and public events to support engagement with the justice system.
Every election is the first chance for many young people and students to cast their vote. We've collected resources to help understand how voting works.

Every election is the first chance for many young people and students to cast their vote. We've collected resources to help understand how voting works.

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VLF Teacher in Residence: David Thomson OAM, breaks down the constitution's formation and utility.
This series tracks the progress of a civil law matter involving a workplace injury. It introduces key stakeholders in the civil courtroom.
Free education kit about common legal problems that people newly arrived in Australia may encounter.
A civics and citizenship student resource, predominantly for Year 9 and 10, which covers a range of activities through an examination of topics
The Victorian Charter Advocacy Guides are a set of practical resources developed by the Human Rights Law Centre to assist individuals and advocates in understanding and applying the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities. These guides offer step-by-step advice on addressing potential breaches of rights, such as raising issues with decision-makers and referencing relevant sections of the Charter. They are tailored to support various groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, individuals with disabilities, those facing housing challenges or homelessness, people with mental illness, victims/survivors of crime, individuals in the criminal justice system, and those in prison. The guides aim to empower users to advocate for their rights effectively within the framework of Victorian law and policy.
Tunnels underneath parliament? This video describes the basics of the houses of Parliament and gives viewers an insight into Parliament.
The Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants investigated serious misconduct involving a police human source and made 111 recommendations aimed at reforming police oversight, legal processes, and accountability in Victoria. The Victorian Government is committed to implementing these recommendations through a collaborative approach to ensure such failures never recur and to strengthen police integrity and public trust.
This talk highlights the importance of voting, and outlines how to vote and how our voting system works; ultimately providing an invaluable resource educating young people about the ins and outs of voting. This talk is especially relevant for students who will be voting for the first time in the upcoming State election.
Have You Got That Right? is an innovative series of videos answering important human rights questions quickly, clearly and in a way that won’t put you to sleep. The project will be broken into a number of 10-episode series, each with a different theme. Series one blends comedy with serious academic content, while series two will be interview-based. We started out planning to make simple videos of our academics answering human rights questions. However, more and more people offered to bring their expertise on board to help us pro bono, and the series grew from there. By the end of series one, we will have benefited from thousands of hours of pro bono work from industry professionals as well as our team of writers, crew members and actors. You can read about our key people below.
Legal Briefs, hosted by Lizzie O’Shea, is a minute long video, series featuring Australia’s top legal minds exploring foundational topics—from what law is to how contracts or free speech work in practice. Though produced around three years ago, each episode still offers timeless insights into our legal system’s workings and its real-world impact.
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Improve your communication skills and find resources to help you create better legal information.

Improve your communication skills and find resources to help you create better legal information.

Resources and guidance for VCE Legal Studies, civics, citizenship and social studies teachers and students
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Resources and guidance for VCE Legal Studies, civics, citizenship and social studies teachers and students

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Enhancing Engagement webinars aim to equip you with the skills to produce more accessible legal information, which empowers more people to understand and engage with the law, resulting in better justice for all.
