Transforming Lives: Monash Law Clinics Annual Report 2023-24

This is an online version of the Monash Law Clinics Annual Report 2023-24. You can also access and download a PDF of the Monash Law Clinics Annual Report 2023-24.

Monash Law Clinics' academic and professional staff.

Monash Law Clinics' academic and professional staff.

Monash Law Clinics Vision

To be a leader in redressing the imbalance in access to justice by engaging and applying clinical legal education resources available through the Faculty of Law at Monash University

Monash Law Clinics Mission

To empower disadvantaged members of our local and global communities through access to legal services and advocacy support, and to inspire life-long learning in our students.

Monash Law Clinics Values

Social Justice
We give priority to matters that merit attention for social justice reasons, both locally and globally.

Safety
We provide a safe space for clients, students and staff.

Diversity
We respect and embrace diversity of opinion, ideas, skills, knowledge, background and culture.

Integrity
We act with integrity, sincerity, ethics, honesty, fairness and compassion. Empowerment We strive to empower our clients, students and staff.

Monash Law Clinics Objectives

  • To reduce the unmet needs of different communities through the provision of legal and related services.
  • To provide high-quality, collaborative, impactful experiential education for law students.
  • To create meaningful impact at an international level through the provision of legal research and advocacy support to organisations and individuals in need of social justice advocacy.
  • To provide legal information and education to the community.

Nina, student in the National Justice Project.

Nina, student in the National Justice Project.

Transforming lives of clients

Empowering Change: The transformative impact of Monash Law Clinics

Melissa Fletcher, Senior Manager Partnerships and Clinics shares how Monash Law Clinics have once again been able to demonstrate their commitment to delivering transformative legal services, thanks to the unwavering support of our funding partners.

Providing access to justice is the first step

Fay Gertner, Principal Lawyer and MLCC Legal Practice Manager, explains how at Monash Law Clinics we’re often exposed to the realities of what happens when a person doesn’t have access to all the technologies that we typically take for granted.

Client stories

Clients transforming Monash Law Clinics

Emily Singh, Principal Lawyer and Practice Manager reflects on the past year at Monash Law Clinics and asks, "what if community legal centres did not exist?".

Client stories

Helping parents and their kids

Irene Apap, Supervising Lawyer, LAFDR explains that in the Lawyer Assisted Family Dispute Resolution (LAFDR) clinic, students assist the supervising lawyer from Monash Law Clinics in a LAFDR session and represent one of the parents during mediation.

Client stories

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Ashleigh, Associate Professor Caroline Henckels and Samuel Student / Tradelab Clinic Supervisor / Student

Ashleigh, student, Associate Professor Caroline Henckels, Tradelab Clinic Supervisor and Samuel, Student.

Transforming lives through partnerships

Transforming lives through multidisciplinary work

Associate Professor Cate Banks, Law Experiential Education reveals that in 2021, Monash Law Clinics launched the first health justice partnership with a large community health service, cohealth.

Partnership stories

Transforming the nation

Steven Castan, Special Counsel and Educator shares that the National Justice Project is a cutting edge human rights law firm fearlessly fighting to end discrimination working with First Nations people, people with disabilities, refugees and more.

Partnership stories

Transforming community legal awareness

Faiyaz Zaman, Street Law Officer 2024 explains the power of partnership with the Street Law Program being created in 2019 as a partnership between Monash Law Clinics and the Monash Law Student Society.

Partnership stories

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Sophia and Mia, Students, National Justice Project

Sophia and Mia, students, National Justice Project.

Transforming lives of our students

Student transformed by clinics experience

James Brandis, Senior Communications and Content Coordinator reports on final year Law and Arts student Thalia Thirunavukarasu who has found Monash Law’s Clinical Legal Education experience to be transformational.

Student stories

Dynamic practical learning experiences

Jesse Prior, Monash Law Student shares that after five years at Monash Law double degree, he has come to deeply appreciate how the Clinical Legal Education Program has enriched both his studies and professional development.

Student stories

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Sara Kowal, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Melissa Fletcher ELEOS Anti Death Penalty Clinic Supervisor / Afghanistan Support Clinic Supervisor / Senior Manager Partnerships and Clinics

Sara Kowal, ELEOS Anti Death Penalty Clinic Supervisor, Azadah Raz Mohammad, Afghanistan Support Clinic Supervisor, and Melissa Fletcher, Senior Manager Partnerships and Clinics.

Reflecting on a transformative year

President's report

Professor Jeff Giddings, President, Monash Law Clinics Management Committee is very pleased to provide this report on behalf of the Monash Law Clinics (MLC) Management Committee. There continues to be great work done by MLC students and staff.

Funding stories

Director's report

Associate Professor Joel Townsend, Director, Monash Law Clinics celebrates the ways large and small, that Monash Law Clinics seeks to transform lives.

Funding stories