Community Solicitor (Tenants’ Advice Service)
The role is part time 30 hours/4 days per week until 30th June 2021 DCLS is an innovative community-based organisation that provides a range of legal services, including free legal advice and advocacy, community legal education, law reform and policy, community...Seniors and Disability Rights Service Advocate/Community Educator
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Darwin Community Legal Service is a multi-disciplinary service that provides a range of legal and advocacy services to the community to underpin access to justice. The Seniors and Disability Rights Service (SDRS) provides advocacy...2 x Seniors and Disability Rights Service Advocates (1 x Identified Position)
Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Darwin Community Legal Service is a multi-disciplinary service that provides a range of legal and advocacy services to the community to underpin access to justice. The SDRS Advocate is part of a small team that represents the rights and...
Thursday evening drop-in clinics re-opening 4 June!
From Thursday 4 June our evening drop-in clinics will re-open for face-to-face legal advice. No appointments...Tenancy Laws urgently in need of reform – pets are just a diversion
The wailing and gnashing of teeth that has greeted the mild changes to our tenancy legislation is ridiculous. The new laws relating to pets in rental properties is measured and moderate – you can’t keep a tiger in your flat or an elephant in your backyard. If...DCLS contributes to review of the NDIS Act
In advance of, or probably because of, the commencement of hearings for the Disability Royal Commission, the Commonwealth Government has commissioned a review of the NDIS Act and is proposing a Participant Service Guarantee to set service standards for the NDIS. DCLS...Residential Tenancy Reform – too little, too late?
DCLS supports reform that will ensure Residential Tenancy regulation is fair, safe and certain for tenants and landlords. A comprehensive reform of the current 20 year old legislation was promised in May last year and had bipartisan support. After a truncated...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) finally accepted as NDIS permanent disability
The Seniors and Disability Rights Service working with NT Legal Aid have broken ground nationally in securing recognition that ADHD is a permanent disability under the NDIS. Getting to this point required traversing many hurdles along the way for 8 year old Stewart....
Umbakumba Community Outreach – Financial Abuse
Advocates from SDRS undertook outreach in October and travelled to Groote Eylandt where they met with the community at Umbakumba. Members of the community came to meet with SDRS and talk about financial abuse and matters related to the NDIS. Financial abuse in the...Update from DCLS Executive Director
Our year has had many highlights but most have come from working collaboratively with other organisations in the NT. Together we are stronger and more effective and the sharing of skills and knowledge enhances our services and the outcomes for our community. We joined...DCLS welcomes new leadership team!
With the addition of Shelley Landmark as our Principal Solicitor, the new DCLS Leadership team has some familiar faces and some new blood, giving us the skills to respond to the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities ahead. Tamara and David form the...DCLS Annual General Meeting 2019
All current members and interested persons are Welcome to the AGM of Darwin Community Legal Service Inc. Monday 11 November 2019 @ 5.00pm DCLS Board Room, Winlow House Level 1, 75 Woods Street, Darwin Light refreshments will be served after the meeting The following...Concerns for participants in guardianship proceedings
DCLS, along with Katherine Women’s Legal Service and the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency met recently with the Attorney-General, the Hon Natasha Fyles MP to raise concerns about support and representation for participants in guardianship proceedings. The NT...
Coolalinga Outreach – reaching more members of our community
The General Legal Service has commenced a new rural advice clinic at Coolalinga. The Clinic runs every Friday fortnight, from 9am – 11am at the electorate office of Kezia Purick, MLA. There has been with slow growth in walk-in clients and a number of repeat clients...