Our free Community Legal Education (CLE) webinar series is designed for community workers supporting women and children impacted by domestic and family violence or navigating the Family Law system.
Each session is offered free of charge and provides practical, accessible legal information and tools to support safe practice, effective advocacy, and informed decision-making.
Each month, Women’s Legal Service Queensland focuses on a new Community Legal Education theme. Explore the upcoming webinars for this month to learn more about the sessions on offer and register to attend.
Tuesday 14 April, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Family dispute resolution plays a key role in parenting matters, but safety planning remains critical where there are risks to children or caregivers. This session will support professionals to navigate family dispute resolution processes alongside effective, child focused safety planning, whether matters are before the court or being managed more informally.
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Who should attend:
This session is tailored for service providers across a range of sectors, including social services, healthcare, and community support. It’s suitable for practitioners, support workers, coordinators, and anyone working directly with individuals who are affected by or experiencing domestic and family violence.
Tuesday 21 April, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Recent changes to the Family Law Act have clarified how “protected confidences”, may be dealt with in family law proceedings to protect sensitive information and documents. This session will support professionals to understand the factors the court will take into account when deciding if records should be produced or relied on, and the practical implications for clients and service providers.
Topics include:
Who should attend:
This session is tailored for service providers across a range of sectors, including social services, healthcare, and community support. It’s suitable for practitioners, support workers, coordinators, and anyone working directly with individuals who are affected by or experiencing domestic and family violence.
WLSQ delivers community legal education (CLE) for service providers, volunteers, the community and women across Queensland, including in rural, regional and remote areas of the state.
WLSQ presents specialised CLE sessions in the following areas:
If you are interested in WLSQ presenting a CLE to your organisation or workplace, please complete the CLE request form.
Please note that WLSQ may charge a fee for providing this training.
For further information, please contact the WLSQ Community Legal Education Officer:
Email cle@wlsq.org.au
Phone (07) 3392 0644
Complete the interactive online request form.
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