The Clinic provides free training to Clinic lawyers, community lawyers and volunteers, homelessness agency workers and consumers.
2006 HPLC Induction Training Program
The 2006 PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic Induction Training program will be delivered from 8.45am - 1.00pm on 2, 9, 16 and 23 May 2024 (note that the session on 16th May will finish at 1.30pm.)
The program will cover:
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Introduction to Homelessness and the Clinic
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Credit, Debt and Bankruptcy
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Victims of Crime
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PERIN Fines
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Housing and Tenancy Law
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Equal Opportunity and Anti-Discrimination Law
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Social Security
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Effective Communication
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Critical Incident Management
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Mental Health Law
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Effective Referrals
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Making Complaints
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Guardianship and Administration
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Empathetic lawyering and Client Engagement
The program is highly recommended and free to all Clinic lawyers. The program is also open to community lawyers and volunteers, pro bono practitioners and workers in homelessness and other community organisations. A gold coin donation would be appreciated. You are welcome to come to any or all of the sessions. Unless otherwise specified, registration will be taken to cover all four training sessions.
Registration is by email to Kristen Hilton at projects.pilch@vicbar.com.au
Note for lawyers: If this training is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of law, then you should claim one CPD unit for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included.
'Client-Focused Communication and Critical Incident Management'
You can access other materials from any of the HPLC training sessions by clicking on 'Precedents and Opinions' when you access the Internal part of this website by logging on.
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