Education and training

What we offer

Delivering high-quality education and training is part of our role as a peer-led, specialist LGBTIQA+SB legal service.

Our education and training is: 

  • grounded in casework and lived legal experience

  • designed to build capability and understanding, not just to transfer legal information

We offer community education for LGBTIQA+SB people and groups, and provide training for legal and community professionals.

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Community education

Our community education is designed to empower the LGBTIQA+SB community to:

  • understand our legal rights and options

  • understand how legal problems are shaped by structural and systemic factors

  • build confidence to enable us to advocate for ourselves and each other

  • enter into pathways into legal assistance, advocacy and collective action

Examples include:

  • empowering, rights-based training on LGBTIQA+SB legal issues

  • community workshops and discussions linked to emerging legal or policy issues

  • engaging resources and materials that are accessible, community-informed and practical

  • peer and community capacity-building, supporting people to advocate for themselves and their communities

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Training for legal and community professionals

We provide training and capacity building support to:

  • LGBTIQA+SB organisations

  • community lawyers and legal sector professionals

  • mainstream service providers and community organisations

This work aims to boost the sector’s ability to work safely and effectively with LGBTIQA+SB communities.

Our professional training is delivered by lawyers with specialist expertise.

Examples include:

  • specialist training on LGBTIQA+SB legal issues, including family law, anti-discrimination, gender-affirming care, family violence, and human rights

  • guidance for lawyers and service providers on how to build safer, more inclusive systems and interactions for LGBTQIA+SB clients, such as inclusive data collection, intake systems, and respectful first contact with clients

  • sharing emerging legal issues and trends, informed by our casework and strategic litigation

  • secondary consultations for professionals working with LGBTIQA+SB clients

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