Event: November Quarterly 2021

 

Skills development, training and collaboration are important. That's why we organise Quarterlies – a chance for everyone who works at community legal centres in New South Wales to catch-up, learn, share experiences, and coordinate advocacy.

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Based off sector feedback from the last Quarterly, we have split the November program across two weeks with fewer concurrent sessions. We hope that the shorter days mean the program is more accessible for people working, caring and schooling from home. As always, please get in contact with officemanager@clcnsw.org.au if you have any feedback on administration or program planning. 

This November, all of our events will be held online via Zoom, given the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and restrictions on rural and regional travel.

Registrants will be sent Zoom links prior to the event.

If you have any questions, please call Imogen on 0479 138 173 or email officemanager@clcnsw.org.au.

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Training: Building trauma-informed organisations

Tuesday 16 November – Wednesday 1 December

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Network meetings

Monday 22 November – Thursday 25th November

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Quarterly & Training

Tuesday 30 November – Thursday 2 December

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Week 1: Network Meetings

Monday 22 November
11:30am-1.00pm

Domestic Violence and Victims Compensation Network

Convenors: Sarah Dahlenburg (Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre) and Karen Mifsud (Women's Legal Service NSW)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded 

 Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Substantive Law

Monday 22 November
1:30pm-3.00pm

Admin and Finance Network

Convenor: Kerrith Sowden (Refugee Advice and Casework Service)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

 Practice Management & Business Skills

Tuesday 23 November
9:30am-11.00am

First Nations Justice Working Group

Convenor: Zachary Armytage (Community Legal Centres NSW)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

Ethics & Professional Responsibility I  Professional Skills         

Community and Social Worker Network (new network)

Interim Convenor: Evelyn Chan (Women's Legal Service NSW)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded   

Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Practice Management & Business Skills        

Tuesday 23 November
11:30am-1.00pm

Coordinators & Directors (Part 1)

Convenors: Arlia Fleming (Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands Community Legal Centre) and Robert Pelletier (Macarthur Legal Centre)

 Meeting for C&D's       Meeting not recorded 

 Practice Management & Business Skills

Prisoner's Rights Working Group

Convenor: Carolyn Jones (Women's Legal Service NSW)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

 Professional Skills I Substantive Law

Tuesday 23 November
1:30pm-3.00pm

Coordinators & Directors (Part 2)

Convenors: Arlia Fleming (Blue Mountains and Central Tablelands Community Legal Centre) and Robert Pelletier (Macarthur Legal Centre)

 Meeting for C&D's       Meeting not recorded

 Practice Management & Business Skills 

Family Law, Care and Protection Network

Convenors: Kenn Clift (Intellectual Disability Rights Service), Luke Carr (Redfern Legal Centre), Symmon Andrews (Central Coast Community Legal Centre)

1.30pm-2.15pm

Join Mark Whelan, Accredited Specialist in Family Law and Children's Law (Care & Protection), who will share his experiences, tips and sagacity as one of NSW’s leading Care & Protection litigation specialists. He will speak to the nuts and bolts of section 90 applications and how CLC’s can support parents

2.15pm-3.00pm 

Network Meeting

 Open to all       Session recorded / Meeting not recorded

Substantive Law

Wednesday 24 November
9:30pm-11.00am

Law Reform and Policy Network

Convenors: Alistair Lawrie (Public Interest Advocacy Centre), Emily Hamilton (Community Legal Centres NSW), Niamh Joyce (HIV/AIDS Legal Centre), Sean Bowes (Kingsford Legal Service)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

 Professional Skills 

Youth Advocacy Network (NSW)

Convenor: Matthew Keeley (Youth Law Australia)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

 Professional Skills I Substantive Law

Wednesday 24 November
11:30am-1.00pm

Communications Network

11:30am-12pm: Debrief and end-of-year network catchup. We'll go around the room and everyone will have a chance to share what you're working on, any challenges you've experienced in your media or comms work, and any areas that you'd like to focus on for training in 2022. 

12pm-1pm: [cancelled] Accessibility and Inclusive Design training - unfortunately presenter has had to cancel. We will reschedule for 2022.

Convenors: Finn O'Keefe (Redfern Legal Centre) and Stella Maynard (Community Legal Centres NSW)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

Professional Skills

Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) Committee

Convenors: Ali Mojtahedi (Immigration Advice and Rights Centre) and Louise Coady (Western Sydney Community Legal Centre)

 Meeting for Principal Solicitors       Meeting not recorded

Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills I Substantive Law

Wednesday 24 November
1:30pm-3.00pm

Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) Network

Convenors: Cassandra Coleman (Warra-Warra Legal Service), Julia Adamski (Hunter Community Legal Centre) and Stacy Treloar (Far West Community Legal Centre)

Join Brian Attard from Seniors Rights Service who will talk about his experience with Credit & Debt matters in remote communities over the lockdown period.

 Open to all       Session recorded 

 Professional Skills

Employment and Discrimination Law Network

Convenors: Sharmilla Bargon (Redfern Legal Centre) and Stanley Tao (North and Northwest Community Legal Centre)

Reviewing the legislative framework for addressing wage underpayments 

This presentation concerns the application of s 323 of the Fair Work Act to the enforcement of contractual entitlements. It considers what complications might arise for applicants when seeking to enforce a wide variety of entitlements under the Fair Work Act, including wages, annualised salaries, leave payments, incentive-based payments and various other contractual amounts.

Tae Kim, Clayton Utz solicitor and ex-Circle Green lawyer from WA

 Open to all       Session recorded

Professional Skills I Substantive Law

Thursday 25 November
9:30am-11.00am

Health Justice Partnerships Network

Convenors: Diane Anagnos (Kingsford Legal Centre) and Carolyn Odgers (Justice Connect)

Meeting includes presentations from:

Sadie Davis, Justice Connect - HJP with St Vincent’s Hospital- HJP Basics and maintaining relationships with health partners

Milka Bundalo, Macarthur Legal Centre - HJP Case study

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

Professional Skills

Thursday 25 November
11:30am-1.00pm

Community Legal Education Workers

Convenors: Nalika Padmasena (Seniors Rights Service) and Melanie Kallmier (Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre)

Join Nick Shearer (Community Engagement, Fair Work Ombudsman) who will discuss community engagement

 Open to all       Session recorded 

  Professional Skills 

Thursday 25 November
1:30pm-3.00pm

Community of Practice: Vicarious Trauma

Convenor: Roslyn Cook (Inner City Legal Centre)

 Open to all       Meeting not recorded

 Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills         

YarnUp

Monday 29 November
9.30am-3.30pm

Yarn Up

For CLC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff to meet and discuss key policy and practice issues.

Convenor: Zachary Armytage  (Aboriginal Legal Access Program Coordinator, CLCNSW)

For CLC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander only      Meeting not recorded   Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills         

Quarterly & Training

Tuesday 30 November
9.30am-11.00am

Opening Plenary: Making good trouble - stories of creative activism 

Welcome to Country and Opening Plenary

We finish the year with an upbeat and inspirational plenary from the team at the Commons Social Change Library with stories of communities, activists, advocates, rabble-rousers and ratbags who have changed the world. 

Whether it’s been marchers hoisting intricately detailed banners in pursuit of the 8 hour work day during the 1850s, demonstrators marching backwards to get around anti-protest laws in 1909, or Extinction Rebellion building a four-metre high burning  koala puppet in 2021, Australians have long used creativity and art in the pursuit of social change. Creative activism makes the most of one of the few resources social movements have in abundance: the ability to come up with imaginative means to challenge, resist and solve social problems. It also helps advocacy and campaigning to become more effective, inspiring and enjoyable.

In this session Iain McIntyre and Holly Hammond from the Commons Social Change Library will outline principles and tips for creative activism and share inspiring examples of art, song, characters, stunts and spectacles from progressive history and recent happenings. 
  Presenting from the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation

Open to all       Session recorded   Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills        

Tuesday 30 November
12.15pm-1.15pm

Tips and tricks for utilising Microsoft 365

Are you just working with Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint on Microsoft 365? There is so much more that you can be using Microsoft 365 for that will improve efficiency, communication and workflow. The suite of productivity applications (did your eyes just glaze over?) is constantly being updated and improved that will allow you to communicate, brainstorm ideas, and collect data. Join us for a walk through Microsoft 365 and discover what else you can utilise.

Presented by the team at Digital Transformation Hub has been developed by Infoxchange-Technology for social justice, to increase your digital capability to better deliver your services and support your team. We bring together practical guides, technology discounts specifically for not-for-profits and tailored advice to help you create an even greater impact.

.   Presenting from the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation

Open to all       Session recorded    Professional Skills         

 

Tuesday 30 November
1.30pm-3.00pm

Asking for a Friend: Keeping everyone happy

In 1690 the first advice column was published to answer questions from readers about “relationships, morals and etiquette”. Since then, public have had a 300 year love affair with the advice column. We present our final panel discussion, reflecting on the the year that was and ruminating about the future.  A bit of fun when covering serious issues, the panel will respond to letters from our public about the dilemmas of fulfilling expectations of funders, stakeholders, boards, management, staff and clients.

Helen Campbell I EO I Women’s Legal Service NSW

 Presenting from the lands of the Wongal and Burramattagal people in the Eora Nation

Deb Macmillan I CEO I Central Coast Community Legal Centre

 Presenting from the lands of the Darkinyung people

Open to all       Session recorded    Professional Skills

Wednesday 1 December

9.30am-11.00am

Social movement lawyering: When law is not the answer, it’s the problem

How do we work towards transforming the legal system from within a profession that maintains the status quo of an unjust system? The real legal experts are the people and communities who are most affected by the operation of the law but do we support and work with them?. Social movement lawyering means building the power of the people, not the power of the law. This workshop is an interactive discussion about how we might do the work of building the power of community. We don't have the answers, but we need to challenge ourselves to do the work we talk about doing.

Open to all       Session recorded   Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Wednesday 1 December 

11.30am-1.00pm

Safe spaces: Trans-inclusive Practices

Creating spaces that are inclusive for trans and gender diverse folks may be easier than you think. It starts with understanding. This session will break down the acronym to situate trans and gender diverse people, explain what non-binary actually means and then provide you with practical ways to make your centre a safer place for trans folks to visit.

Imogen Brackin I Office Manager I Community Legal Centres NSW I Trans-inclusivity Trainer

 Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation  

Open to all       Session recorded   Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills

Wednesday 1 December

1.30pm-3.00pm

Fun and Games

Come along for the opportunity of a lifetime!* Play games with your sector colleagues and compete against Imogen for the title of GameMistress, GameMaster, or for those seeking a gender neutral version, I like GameMist.

Personal glory and more are up for grabs, as well as a little break from a helluva couple of years.

*Slight exaggeration

Hosted by Games Mistress Imogen Brackin I CLCNSW 

 Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation

Open to all       Session not recorded   That would be a stretch...

Wednesday 1 December

1.30pm-3.00pm

"I don't get out of bed for less than $10K"

Is the grant you just saw advertised that closes in 4 days’ worth applying for or should you stay in bed? Often, people will develop and write up a great project and then discover at the last minute that the funding available isn’t going to cover the project budget, leaving them overpromising what can be done for the money received. And you bet they’ll get that grant!

This session is designed for people who want to improve their skills or haven’t written funding applications before to help you quickly work out what your project is going to cost before you start writing the application. We will also give you our top tips for designing a project by repackaging what you already do and writing a great application. Join us, funding has never been this much fun."

Tina Froget I Manager I CLCNSW Financial Service

  Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora Nation

Julie Robson I Senior Bookkeeper I CLCNSW Financial Service

 Presenting from the lands of the Dharawal people

Kerrith Sowden I Finance & Operations Manager I Refugee Advice and Casework Service

Shauna Wolifson I Fundraising  Manager I Refugee Advice and Casework Service

  Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation

Open to all       Session recorded   Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills

Legal Training Day

Thursday 2 December

9.15pm-10.30am

Using plain language

For those of you who missed this session in 2020, you're in luck because it's back again! We all want to do our best to try to help our clients understand our complex laws and legal systems. This session provides some tips and tricks to help you communicate with your clients in plain language. This session would be useful for those who have recently joined the sector and those who would like a refresher on best practice principles.

Kellie McDonald I Senior Solicitor I Women's Legal Service NSW

 Presenting from the lands of the Wongal and Burramattagal people

Open to all       Session recorded   Professional Skills

Thursday 2  December

10.45am-11.45am

Social justice and animals – is there a role for community legal centres in protecting animals and their defenders?

In the last 10 years animal law has made its way into the curriculum of Australian law schools. As part of the broader social justice movement, animal law challenges us to use critical thinking to question our understandings of the moral status of human and non‑human animals. This session considers the legal status of animals in Australia, the work being done to recognise them as sentient beings rather than property, and the kinds of matters dealt with by community legal centres that help humans and other animals.There will be no images of animals in distress.

Tara Ward I Managing Solicitor I Animal Defenders Office

 Presenting from the lands of the Ngunnawal people

Open to all       Session recorded   Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Substantive Law

Thursday 2 December

12.00pm-1.00pm

An introduction to disability discrimination

This session will prime lawyers and non-lawyers with an understanding of the disability discrimination laws, including the areas of public life covered by the law, how to identify acts of discrimination and what you can do about it.

Mark Patrick I Managing Principal Solicitor I Australian Centre for Disability Law

Anna Nguyen I Anastacia Totoeva I Solicitors I Australian Centre for Disability Law

 Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation

Open to all       Session recorded   Substantive Law

CPD Points

Community Legal Centres NSW indicates whether a session may be appropriate to attract Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points but takes no responsibility if the content does not meet CPD requirements. Sessions are not accredited by the NSW Law Society. Community legal centre solicitors should make their own assessment of whether the session meets their CPD requirements, and maintain their own records for meeting CPD requirements. Further information about CPD requirements are available on the Law Society NSW website.

Management Training Days cover content relevant to centre Managers/Coordinators. Previous training days have included topics such as Leadership, Person Centred Supervision, Financial Management and Positive Leadership. Course content is responsive to member need. Community Legal Centres NSW welcome suggestions from our members.Management Training Day

For further information contact our Capacity Building Coordinator: katrina.ironside@clcnsw.org.au.