 | Training & Knowledge Project - (commenced July 2007) Following on from the IT & Organisational Development Project and with financial assistance from the Law Foundation Queensland, QPILCH has employed a solicitor to supervise a new Public Interest Research Clinic with students from the University of Queensland and implemented training programs for lawyers, NGOs, students and the public. |
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| CLC Support Project - (commenced early 2007) For some time, QPILCH has attempted to assist CLCs to access resources from the private profession. For example, we have facilitated a secondment from member firm Clayton Utz to a community legal centre at Hervey Bay, and hope to be able to broker similar relationships in future. However, in late 2006, we considered that a coordinated and structured approach would better achieve the outcomes we seek. |
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| Referral Services Coordination Project - (commenced Oct 2004) This proposal aims to improve access by the community to pro bono services and enhance practitioner involvement in pro bono in Queensland by coordinating pro bono referral schemes and establishing an umbrella service to manage and administer these schemes under one roof. |
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| eCourts Project - (commenced Nov 2005) The aim of this project is to set up a pilot to see how technology can be used to increase accessibility to the courts. |
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| Self-representation Project - (commenced Sep 2005) This project, in conjunction with QUT Law School, is conducting research into self-representation before the Court of Appeal, with a view to implementing services to assist self-represented litigants.
This project has now become a full QPILCH service operating in the trial divisions of the Supreme & District Courts and the Court of Appeal. |
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| Refugee and Immigration Legal Support Project - (May 2003 - Dec 2005) The aim of RAILS is to coordinate Brisbane law firms and lawyers to assist in meeting the legal needs of refugees, detainees and asylum seekers. |
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| IT and Organisational Development Project - (Jan 2006 - Jul 2006) QPILCH received funding from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to develop a training framework for its clinics and clinical legal education programs to maximise developmental benefits to its lawyers, students and volunteers. As part of this project the QPILCH website has been redeveloped, the database for file management has been revamped and an Intranet developed for internal communications. Precedents have also been developed and loaded onto the website and a section of the website is now devoted to community legal centres, their publications and training. |
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