Youth

Community Legal Centres

The following specialist Community Legal Centres have expertise in dealing with youth issues and provide a range of services and resources:

Youthlaw
This legal service helps students from Melbourne and RMIT campuses to resolve their own legal problems and provides numerous self-help publications and referral services.
Youthlaw@Wyndam
Free legal advice, representation, education, participation and projects for young people under 25 years. Services available to people within the surrounding area.

Barwon Community Legal Service also provides information on a range of youth issues.

The following CLCs can help students with a range of legal matters:

Melbourne University Student Union Legal Service
This legal service helps students from Melbourne and RMIT campuses to resolve their own legal problems and provides numerous self-help publications and referral services.
La Trobe University Student Legal Service
La Trobe University’s Student Representative Council Legal Service helps students to resolve their own legal problems.

The Federation of Community Legal Centres facilitates the Children and Youth Issues Working Group, which is made up of staff from member organisations. The working group advocates for social justice and law reform in relation to the law as it relates to children and young people. For contacts, see the working groups page.

Other community organisations

Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues

The Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) is a community based organisation that advocates for the needs of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Publications

Am I old enough?, 2007 (17^th edition)

Published by Victoria Legal Aid, this booklet covers common legal issues for young people. Download Am I old enough? from the Victoria Legal Aid website. You can also call Victoria Legal Aid on 9269 0234 or 1800 677 402 (country callers) to order publications.

What’s the deal? 2007 (2^nd edition)

Published by Youthlaw and Victoria Legal Aid, this 166-page booklet covers common legal issues for young people. Download What’s the deal? from the Victoria Legal Aid website. You can also call Victoria Legal Aid on 9269 0234 or 1800 677 402 (country callers) to order publications.

What do I do when…? (1^st edition)

Published by Youthlaw, this booklet is a guide about the law for people who work with young people in Victoria. Download from the Youthlaw website. Or you can download an order form from Youthlaw’s website to order copies.

Websites

Law Stuff
An award-winning site for young people with information about the law and their rights.

Know your rights

Part of the Victorian Government’s Youth Central website offering legal information in youth-related areas.

Your Work Your Rights

An excellent site developed by RMIT Union Legal Service (now closed) and Job Watch specifically for working students.

PLEASE NOTE: Information on this website does not substitute for legal advice.