News

• December edition of Diversity News
  Date: 04 December 2008
  The final edition of Diversity News for 2008 looks at detention laws, seniors’ rights, and reforms to abortion laws, relationship registers, and stalking laws.
• VLA duo appointed to Magistrates' Court
  Date: 02 December 2008
  Two former Victoria Legal Aid lawyers were today appointed to the Magistrates' Court of Victoria.
• Co-operative federalism required for legal aid
  Date: 26 November 2008
  Victoria Legal Aid managing director, Bevan Warner, urged private practitioners protesting about legal aid work to act responsibly and not place their clients at risk.
• December edition of Briefcase
  Date: 17 November 2008
  December 2008 edition of Briefcase, VLA's newsletter for the legal profession.
• September edition of Diversity News
  Date: 18 September 2008
  This edition has up-to-date details on new VLA services. It also reports on legal services for residents affected by the Cranbourne
• Legal help for gas leak residents
  Date: 16 September 2008
  How Brookland Greens Estate residents can access a range of legal services to help them with legal issues associated with the gas leak from a former municipal rubbish tip in Cranbourne.
• Former managing director now a magistrate
  Date: 11 September 2008
  The Brumby Government has appointed Tony Parsons to the Magistrates' Court.
• 2010 New Lawyer Program
  Date: 05 September 2008
  Victoria Legal Aid's new program for new lawyers begins in 2010.
• Victoria Legal Aid's first federal magistrate
  Date: 04 September 2008
  Evelyn Bender has been appointed a federal magistrate.
• Free outreach service for Kyneton
  Date: 07 August 2008
  More legal advice available in Kyneton district
• New edition of Briefcase
  Date: 04 August 2008
  August edition of lawyers' newsletter Briefcase
• July edition of Diversity News
  Date: 28 July 2008
  The July edition of Diversity News is now available
• Translated publications now available
  Date: 24 July 2008
  Translations of Client Service Charter and family law booklet are now available
• New magistrates bring VLA experience
  Date: 21 July 2008
  Three VLA lawyers have been promoted to the bench.
• New managing director for Victoria Legal Aid
  Date: 19 June 2008
  Bevan Warner is VLA's new managing director.
• New edition of Your rights: police powers in Victoria
  Date: 13 June 2008
  New edition of VLA publication Your rights: police powers in Victoria
• June edition of Briefcase newsletter
  Date: 23 May 2008
  Victoria Legal Aid is facing cutting its family law services by as much as $10million per year as it manages the pressures of inequities in the Commonwealth legal aid funding system.
• Legal aid boost for the south west
  Date: 22 May 2008
  Victoria Legal Aid’s newest regional office opens in Warrnambool on Tuesday 27 May 2008, bringing the resources of the state’s major legal aid provider to the south west coast.
• May edition of Diversity News now available
  Date: 30 April 2008
  The May edition of Diversity News features a report about the benefits of our new website for particular groups and communities, plus news on publications, services and workshops.
• VLA to host Human Rights Charter forum
  Date: 05 February 2008
  As part of Law Week, Victoria Legal Aid will be hosting a forum at its Lionel Murphy Centre, inspired by the words of Lionel Murphy.
• Victoria Legal Aid backs trial allocation by judiciary
  Date: 03 April 2008
  Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) believes a senior judicial officer should allocate indictable criminal trials to either the County or Supreme Courts. The officer’s decision should be based on the nature and seriousness of the particular case.
• VLA launches new website
  Date: 18 December 2007
  Victoria Legal Aid has recently launched a new website that aims to provide Victorians with substantially improved access to legal information.
• Moorabbin Justice Centre opens
  Date: 13 December 2007
  The Moorabbin Justice Centre (MJC) is now open and hearing matters in the Magistrates', Children's, Family Violence, VCAT and VOCAT jurisdictions.
• VLA ready to embrace human rights charter
  Date: 04 December 2007
  In 2006, Victoria took the historic step of enacting a charter of human rights. Apart from the Australian Capital Territory, no other state or territory in Australia has a charter.
• A record year for VLA
  Date: 04 December 2007
  VLA set three new performance records in 2006-07, making its 25th anniversary year an outstanding year.
• New survey to help guide legal aid policy for a decade and beyond
  Date: 04 December 2007
  A new national survey of legal need is set to form an integral part of legal aid policy development in Australia for at least a decade.
• Two fold boost for community legal centres
  Date: 29 November 2007
  A $1.45 million funding package will boost the ability of selected CLCs to provide more family violence related services and will also increase the general capacity of several regional and rural CLCs.
• ADR needs to be simple, cheap and easy
  Date: 30 November 2007
  A discussion paper on alternative dispute resolution examines the current provision of ADR services across Victoria.
• New Victoria Legal Aid publications
  Date: 29 November 2007
  A new brochure about appealing Centrelink decisions is part of VLA’s latest free publications.
• More fairness and efficiency in Bail Act review
  Date: 20 November 2007
  The Victorian Law Reform Commission recently released its Review of the Bail Act Final Report.
• 'New law' section
  Date: 29 November 2007
  ‘New law’ is a new feature on Victoria Legal Aid’s website that keeps you up to date with the latest changes in the law.

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