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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.
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 with any questions can call Imogen on 0479 138 173 or email officemanager@clcnsw.org.au.
Registration
Network meetings
Monday 22 November – Thursday 25th November
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Yarn Up
29 November
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Quarterly & Training
Tuesday 30 November – Thursday 2 December
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Wellbeing and Resilience
Introductory sessions in the week of 15 November and follow up sessions in the week of 29 November
Session 1: for CLC Board members and Coordinators and Directors
Building Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Understanding psychological injury risks and responsibilities, and the supports your centre should provide
Register for both sessions:
- Introduction: Tuesday 30 November 2021 3.15pm-4.45pm (online)
- Follow up: Wednesday 1 December 2021 3.15pm-4.45pm (online)
Sessions will cover:
- Understanding psychological injury risk and legal responsibilities for CLC’s
- The role of the Board and CEO
- What supports work
- Preparing your workforce for culture shifts and practice change
- Tackling the realities of implementation
Session 2: For principal solicitors, supervisors and line managers
Giving Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying various trauma and burnout risks in workers and responding well
Register for both sessions:
- Introduction: Thursday 18 November 2021 12.30pm-2.30pm (online)
- Follow up: Wednesday 1 December 2021 11.30am-1.00pm (online)
Sessions will cover:
- Understanding psychological injury risk and legal responsibilities for CLC’s
- Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout, and the role of trauma-informed practice
- The role of line managers
- What workplace supports work
- What good responses look like when someone isn’t traveling well
Session 3: For CLC staff and volunteers
Taking shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout risks and impacts and how you can recover
Register for both sessions (note repeat of introductory session):
- Introduction: Tuesday 16 November 2021 10.00am-12.00pm (online)
- Introduction (repeat): Wednesday 17 November 2021 10.00am-12.00pm (online)
- Follow up: Tuesday 30 November 2021 1.30pm-3.00pm (online)
Sessions will cover:
- Understanding psychological injury risk and legal responsibilities for CLC’s
- Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout, and the role of trauma-informed practice
- What we know helps build resilience
- What workplace supports work
- How to know when you aren’t traveling well, and how to help a colleague if they aren’t.
Tuesday 16 November
10.00am-12.00pm
Introductory session for CLC staff and volunteers
Taking shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout risks and impacts and how you can recover
Follow up session for staff and volunteers Tuesday 30 November 1.30pm-3.00pm
Sigrid Herring I Aboriginal Engagement Advisor I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Burramattagal people on Darug Country
Rory Maloney I National Manager - Support and Trauma Informed Practice I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the
Open to staff and volunteers 
Session recorded 
Professional Skills
Wednesday 17 November
10.00am-12.00pm
REPEAT Introductory session for CLC staff and volunteers
Taking shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout risks and impacts and how you can recover
Follow up session for staff and volunteers Tuesday 30 November 1.30pm-3.00pm
Sigrid Herring I Aboriginal Engagement Advisor I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Burramattagal people on Darug Country
Rory Maloney I National Manager - Support and Trauma Informed Practice I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the
Open to staff and volunteers Session recorded Professional Skills
Thursday 18 November
12.30pm-2.30pm
Introductory session for principal solicitors, supervisors and line managers
Giving Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying various trauma and burnout risks in workers and responding well
Amanda Whelan I Director, Client Services I knowmore
Presenting from the lands
Simon Bruck I Principal Lawyer I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation
Open to principal solicitors, supervisors and line managers Session recorded Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills
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)
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
Open to all Session 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
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)
Open to all Meeting not recorded
Professional Skills
Employment and Discrimination Law Network
Convenors: Sharmilla Bargon (Redfern Legal Centre) and Stanley Tao (North and Northwest Community Legal Centre)
Open to all Session recorded
Professional Skills I Substantive Law
Thursday 25 November
9:30am-11.00am
Health Justice Partnerships Network
Convenor: Diane Anagnos (Kingsford Legal Centre)
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)
Open to all Meeting not 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
Quarterly & Training
Tuesday 30 November
9.15am-11.00am
Opening Plenary
9.15am Welcome to Country
9.30am Plenary
Presenting from the lands of the
Open to all Session recorded Ethics & Professional Responsibility Professional Skills Practice Management & Business Skills Substantive Law
Tuesday 30 November
11.30am-12.15pm
CLCNSW Annual General Meeting
Open to all Meeting not recorded
Tuesday 30 November
12.15pm-1.15pm
Utilising Office 365
Presented by Infoxchange
Presenting from the lands of the
Open to all Session recorded Professional Skills
Tuesday 30 November
1.30pm-3.00pm
Follow up session for CLC staff and volunteers
Taking shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying vicarious trauma and burnout risks and impacts and how you can recover
Sigrid Herring I Aboriginal Engagement Advisor I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Burramattagal people on Darug Country
Rory Maloney I National Manager - Support and Trauma Informed Practice I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the
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
Day Tuesday 30 November
3.15pm-4.45pm
Introductory session for CLC Board members and Coordinators and Directors
Building Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Understanding psychological injury risks and responsibilities, and the supports your centre should provide
Introduction (session 2 to follow Wednesday 1 December 2021 3.15pm-4.45pm)
Warren Strange I Chief Executive Officer I knowmore Presenting from the lands of the Turrbal and Jagera Peoples.
Amanda Whelan I Director, Client Services I knowmore Presenting from the lands of the Turrbal and Jagera Peoples.
Open to Board members/C&D's Session recorded Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills
Wednesday 1 December
9.30am-11.00am
Movement Lawyering
Open to all Session recorded Ethics & Professional Responsibility Professional Skills Practice Management & Business Skills Substantive Law
Wednesday 1 December
9.30am-11.00am
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Open to all Session recorded Ethics & Professional Responsibility Professional Skills Practice Management & Business Skills Substantive Law
Wednesday 1 December
11.30am-1.00pm
Follow up session for principal solicitors, supervisors and line managers
Giving Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Identifying various trauma and burnout risks in workers and responding well
Amanda Whelan I Director, Client Services I knowmore
Presenting from the lands
Simon Bruck I Principal Lawyer I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation
Open to principal solicitors, supervisors and line managers Session recorded Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills
Wednesday 1 December
1.30pm-3.00pm
Fun and Games
Hosted by Games Mistress Imogen Bracken I CLCNSW Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal Country 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"
Tina Froget I Manager I CLCNSW Financial Service
Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal and Bidjigal people
Julie Robson I Senior Bookkeeper I CLCNSW Financial Service
Presenting from the lands of the
Open to all Session recorded Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills
Wednesday 1 December
3.15pm-4.45pm
Follow up session for CLC Board members and Coordinators and Directors
Building Shelter from the Perfect Storm: Understanding psychological injury risks and responsibilities, and the supports your centre should provide
Warren Strange I Chief Executive Officer I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of the Turrbal and Jagera Peoples
Amanda Whelan I Director, Client Services I knowmore
Presenting from the lands of
Open to all Session recorded Ethics & Professional Responsibility I Professional Skills I Practice Management & Business Skills
Legal Training Day
Thursday 2 December
9.15pm-10.30am
Welcome to Country 9.15am Session 9.30am-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
Presenting from the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation
Open to all Session recorded Substantive Law