Lawyer Education Series

Welcome to the Legal Aid NSW Lawyer Education Series. The Lawyer Education Series is a suite of CPD-accredited training modules that have been developed to assist you in your legal practice.

Disclaimer

The Lawyer Education Series has been developed for lawyers, not self-represented parties. The training modules assume a high level of foundational legal knowledge because they are made for lawyers. The modules are not a complete guide to the law and should not be relied upon for the preparation of your case.

If you need legal help, please call LawAccess NSW on 1300 888 529 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).

Overview

The Lawyer Education Series training modules have been created by Legal Aid NSW lawyers who are specialists in their area of practice. Each training module includes a video and supporting resources such as podcasts, research papers, templates and tip sheets.

The Lawyer Education Series aims to support our private and in-house lawyers to maintain high quality legal aid services, and is part of a larger piece of work aimed at improving our engagement with the private profession.

Civil training modules

Guardianship Toolkit training module

Guardianship Toolkit training module

This module aims to provide you with a basic starting point if you are appointed as a separate representative in a guardianship matter.
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Mental Health Matters training module

Mental Health Matters training module

This module provides a framework and guide for appearing in matters before the civil division of the Mental Health Review Tribunal. That involves understanding Legal Aid’s expectations.
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Crime training modules

Children’s Crime training module

Children’s Crime training module

This module provides participants with an overview of the skills and knowledge required to practice effectively as a duty solicitor for Legal Aid NSW at the Children’s Court.
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Indictable Crime Matters training module

Indictable Crime Matters training module

This module provides participants with essential fundamental skills for practice in indictable criminal law matters in the District and Supreme Court jurisdictions.
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Summary Crime Part 1 training module

Summary Crime Part 1 training module

This module is the first part of a two-part series on Summary Crime. It provides participants with fundamental skills for practise in the summary jurisdiction of the Local Court.
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Summary Crime Part 2 training module

Summary Crime Part 2 training module

This module is the second part of a two-part series on Summary Crime. It provides participants with fundamental skills for practice in the summary jurisdiction of the Local Court.
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Family training modules

Care and Protection: Representing Children training module

Care and Protection: Representing Children training module

This module provides private lawyers with an overview of the responsibilities of independent legal representative in care proceedings.
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Care and Protection: Representing Parents training module

Care and Protection: Representing Parents training module

This module provides private lawyers with an overview of the stages in care and protection proceedings and its associated legislation and case law.
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Domestic and Family Violence Essentials training module

Domestic and Family Violence Essentials training module

This module provides private lawyers with an overview of the issues facing clients in matters impacted by domestic and family violence.
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Family Dispute Resolution training module

Family Dispute Resolution training module

This module provides private lawyers with an understanding of what happens before, during and after a mediation, how to prepare clients and the role of a lawyer in mediation.
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Urgent Parenting Matters training module

Urgent Parenting Matters training module

This training module provides family lawyers with a framework for dealing with emergency parenting issues.
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Working with our clients

Understanding Our Clients and Serving Our Mob

Understanding Our Clients and Serving Our Mob

This training module provides lawyers with knowledge to work more effectively with different client cohorts.
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