1. PROGRAM NATIONAL COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTRES CONFERENCE 2019
Power, Purpose, Possibilities
HOSTED BY

2. MASTERCLASSES MONDAY 26 AUGUST time/venue title/presenters details
9:30am – 4:30pm
Clayton Utz
Trauma Informed Practice Blueknot Foundation and Amanda Whelan, knowmore Legal Service
This masterclass is co-presented by content experts in the field of trauma-informed practice, and legal service practitioners who have successfully lead the implementation of such practice into their organisation’s work.  This session will appeal to people also interested in the Conference presentation on building a Wellbeing and Resilience framework for your legal service, ensuring that the links between good trauma-informed practice and wellbeing for staff are made.  With a focus on the practical application of trauma-informed principles into individual client practices, organisational approaches and leadership and governance strategies, this highly interactive Masterclass will give participants the tools necessary to approach implementation and embedding of trauma-informed practice into their legal service. 
Minter Ellison
Brokering Better Partnerships Marcia Dwonczyk, Partnership Brokers Association
This workshop gives attendees an in-depth understanding of what it takes to partner effectively, including the critical success factors, building efficiency and excellence in multi-stakeholder collaboration, facing the challenges of partnering and adopting the ‘partnering brokering’ framework. The presenter has extensive experience in partnering and community engagement in Australia and overseas.
Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Employment Law Employment Law Centre of WA, Caxton Legal Centre, Redfern Legal Centre and JobWatch
This masterclass upskills participants in key employment law areas including defining an employee, the sources of employment rights, bullying, discrimination and harassment, and unfair dismissal and general protections.
Lander & Rogers
Consumer Credit Law Roberta Grealish, Georgina Molloy & Alison Sampson, Consumer Credit Legal Service (WA), Josh Mennen, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
This highly practical masterclass for generalist lawyers arms attendees with critical knowledge across a range of areas including relevant legislation, responsible lending requirements, credit contracts and consumer leases, default and hardship, dispute resolution and learnings from the Royal Commission. It will also feature innovative CLE in the credit and debt areas.
9 October 2019

3. NETWORK MEETINGS MONDAY 26 AUGUST WELCOME RECEPTION time/venue network
details
9:30am – 4:30pm
Holding Redlich
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women's Network
Lunch included
Supreme Court Library
National Disability Rights Network
9.30am - 1pm*
Collin Biggers & Paisley
Women’s Legal Services Australia
*Followed by a Managers meeting from 1-4pm
9:30am – 12.30pm
College of Law
National Youth Advocacy Network
10:00am – 3:00pm Legal Aid Queensland
National Association of Tenancy Organisations (NATO)
10:00am – 3:00pm Norton Rose
Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices
1:30pm – 4:30pm
Baker Mackenzie
National LGBTIQ Network
National Community Legal Education and Community Development Network
Other network meetings may be held during the conference. Further details can be found here.
WELCOME RECEPTION
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Queensland Museum
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Address by Michelle James Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
The Honourable Mark Dreyfus QC, MP Mocktail provided on arrival, canapes and cash bar
9 October 2019

4. PLENARIES 27-29 AUGUST 9 October 2019 Tuesday 27 August
9:30am – 11:00am
How Do We Respond to the Climate Emergency? We are facing a global climate crisis. The impacts will be disproportionately felt by the people and communities we serve. It is a justice and inter-generational equity issue. The costs of inaction outweigh the costs of action and this plenary brings together leading speakers from across sectors to discuss the role we can play in the context of a climate emergency.
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Why Human Rights Matter: The Possibility and Role of Human Rights Frameworks in Australia
Why do human rights matter for the people and communities with whom we work? How can human rights frameworks hold government to account? Is it time for a National Charter of Rights? Join the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission and leading human rights lawyers as they reflect on these questions and inspire the sector to envisage its role in making rights real. 
Wednesday 28 August
9:00am – 10:30am
Connecting with Community: Grassroots Activism, Movement Building for Change
A central part of the identity and work of the community legal sector is our place in communities. In living our commitment to real and meaningful change, how can we empower people and communities at a grassroots level to new possibilities? Join us for a plenary that provides insights into how we can be part of active and vibrant communities.
Thursday 29 August
Smash the Patriarchy!
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Unconference:  Collaborative Decisions for the Future
On the last day of the Conference, join us for an 'Unconference' session which provides the opportunity to share information, ideas and reflections to guide your own commitment to action and the possibilities for collective action moving forward. 
9 October 2019

5. BREAKOUT SESSIONS OVERVIEW
27-29 AUGUST
Sofitel Brisbane Central
Ballroom 1
Ballroom 2
Ballroom 3
Concorde Room
Bastille Room
Bercy Room
Tenants Queensland 1/87 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill QLD – 3min walk from the Conference Venue
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST
11:30am -1:00pm
Climate crisis: act now!
Voices For Change: Possibilities Provided By Royal Commission
Integrated Circuits: Joined-up Service Delivery Research
A Place to Call Home: Advancing the Rights of Refugee and Asylum Seeker People
Purposeful Inclusion: Working with Older Persons
Dynamic Numbers: Finance 101
Power Up: Interpreting CLASS Data for Advocacy
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Making Rights Real: LGBTIQ People and Communities
Us Too: Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence
Flying High: Developing Team Performance
Power to the People: Consumer Law Rights
Aboriginal Engagement: Multiple Roles of Our Aboriginal Engagement Advisors
Climate Law Reform, Planning and Social Justice
Power Up: New Users
WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST
11:00am - 12:30pm
Activate: The Power of Community Legal Centres to Defend Activist Spaces
Maximum Impact: Approaching Evaluations
Powering Forward: The Future of CLASS
Purposeful cultural safety in the workplace - by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers
Empowering Boards: Community Governance - Realistic Expectations and Risks
NDIS Possibilities: Pathways To Better Client Outcomes
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Prisons and Policing: Dismantling Unjust Systems and Practices
Exercising Power: Leadership
Democracy now! Developing CLE Material on Participating In Democracy
A Force for Change: Strategic Litigation
Sustainable Energy: Building Wellbeing and Resilience in your Community Legal Centre
Get Wired with LexisNexis: Checking Facts and Legality Issues
Power Up: Advances CLASS Features
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Empowering Change: Decolonial Approach and Tackling Trans-Tasman Injustice
People Power: Engaging and Retaining Volunteers
Dynamic Engagement: Community And The Role Of Community Legal Centres
Powerlines: The Needs of Women and Young People
National Partnership Agreement 2.0 Consultations (CLCs Only)
All Systems Go: Legal Practice Management and Continuous Quality Improvement (CLCs Only)
Power Up: Administrative Reporting and CLASS
THURSDAY 29 AUGUST
Deep Impact: Social Impact of Natural Disaster and Organisational Responses to Environmental Issues
Rebalancing Power: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Purposeful Inclusion:
Working with LGBTIQ People and Communities
Transforming Access Through Intake
ACDC: Organisational Change and Individuals
Training in Family Law: Divorce and Property Settlements

6. DAY ONE TUESDAY 27 AUGUST Sofitel Brisbane Central time session
details
8:00am – 9:00am
Registration
Tea and coffee available on arrival
9:00am
Welcome Address
Welcome to Country
Nassim Arrage National Association of Community Legal Centres
Response by Bobbi Murray on behalf of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Network
9:20am
Opening Address
The Honourable Yvette D’Ath MP Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Leader of the House
9:30am – 11:00am
plenary
How Do We Respond to the Climate Emergency?
Sean Ryan Environmental Defenders Office Queensland, Bayah Coolwell Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network, Alice Wicks Climate justice campaigner and activist, Anna Reynolds Co-creator of Action Ready / Environmental Defenders Office Queensland, Brianna Collins Co-creator of Action Ready / Environmental Defenders Office Queensland
11:00am – 11:30am
Morning Tea
11:30am – 1:00pm breakout sessions
*Session is being held offsite, at Tenants Queensland – a 2 min walk from the Sofitel.
Climate crisis: act now!
Voices For Change: Possibilities Provided By Royal Commissions
Learnings From Integrated Service Delivery research
A Place To Call Home: Advancing the Rights of Refugee and Asylum Seeker People
Purposeful Inclusion: Working With Older Persons Dynamic Numbers: Finance 101
Power Up: Interpreting CLASS Data for Advocacy*
Sean Ryan Environmental Defenders Office Queensland, Nicola Rivers Environmental Justice Australia
Chris Ronalds AO SC Counsel Assisting, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Gerard Brody Consumer Action Law Centre, Craig Hughes-Cashmore Survivors and Mates Support Network, Jonathon Hunyor Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Rebecca McMahon, Federation of Community Legal Centres Vic, Kaylee Anderson Consumer Action Law Centre, Mi-Lin Chen Yi Mei & Adam Willson Fitzroy Legal Service, Annika Kearton ARC Justice
Sarah Dale & Hannah Gray Refugee Advice and Casework Service Australia
Bill Mitchell Townsville Community Legal Service, Helen Wallace Caxton Legal Centre
Charlotte Maung Community Legal Centres NSW
CLASS Team National Association of Community Legal Centres*

7. DAY ONE TUESDAY 27 AUGUST Sofitel Brisbane Central time session
speakers
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Lunch
Join the Australian Human Rights Commission Consultation on National Human Rights Conversation
Women’s Safety Package Network meeting
Poster presentations
2:00pm – 3:30pm
plenary
Why Human Rights Matter: The Possibility and Role of Human Rights Frameworks in Australia
Professor Rosalind Croucher President, Australian Human Rights Commission, Damian Griffis First Peoples Disability Network/Change the Record, Lee Carnie Human Rights Law Centre/Equality Australia, Emma Phillips Queensland Advocacy Inc/Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Afternoon Tea
4:00pm – 5:30pm
breakout sessions
*Session is being held offsite, at Tenants Queensland – a 2 min walk from the Sofitel.
Making Rights Real: LGBTIQ People and Communities
Us Too: Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence
Flying High: Developing Team Performance
Power To The People: Consumer Law Rights
Aboriginal Engagement: Multiple Roles of Our Aboriginal Engagement Advisors
Climate Law Reform, Planning and Social Justice
Power Up: CLASS for New Users*
Lee Carnie Equality Australia, Matilda Alexander LGBTI Legal Service, Morgan Carpenter Intersex Human Rights Australia, Alastair Lawrie Public Interest Advocacy Centre Sharon Gingell & Lisa Berlin Brisbane North Community Legal Service, Julie Sarkozi Women’s Legal Service QLD
Ruth Knight Queensland University of Technology
Josh Mennen Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Gerard Brody & Catherine Miller Consumer Action Law Centre, Gemma Mitchell Consumer Credit Legal Service WA, Alexandra Kelly Financial Rights Legal Centre
Dean Bell, Margaret Coyne, Sigrid Herring, Jade Johnson, Nicole Peyton-Smith, Elvis Yarran & Robert Young knowmore Legal Service
Rachel Walmsley EDO NSW & Revel Pointon Environmental Defenders Office Queensland
CLASS Team National Association of Community Legal Centres*

8. DAY TWO WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST time session speakers 9:00am – 10:30am
plenary
Connection with Community: Grassroots Activism,
Movement Building for Change
Devett Kennedy Queensland Community Alliance, Candice Hughes YFS Logan, Denis Ginnivan Voice for Indi, Dr Amanda Cahill Centre for Social Change & The Next Economy, Nicola Paris CounterAct. Facilitated by Emily Howie Human Rights Law Centre
10:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 12:30pm breakout sessions
Activate: The Power of Community Legal Centres to Defend Activist Spaces
Maximum Impact: Approaching Evaluation
Powering Forward: The Future of CLASS
Purposeful cultural safety in the workplace - by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers
Empowering Boards: Community Governance - Realistic Expectations and Risks
NDIS Possibilities: Pathways To Better Client Outcomes
Emily Howie Human Rights Law Centre, Kate Davis Tenancy WA & Peaceful Protest Campaign WA, Julia Grix EDO NSW, Nicola Paris CounterAct
Suzie Forell & Marie Nagy Health Justice Australia
Nassim Arrage National Association of Community Legal Centres
Bobbi Murray Central Coast Community Legal Centre, Christine Robinson Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Service
Laurel Draffen Community Legal Centres NSW
Mitch Mulqueen & Dean McLaren Intellectual Disability Rights Service, Caitlin De Cocq Van Delwijnen, Courtney Wolf & Emma Phillips Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
An Hour with a Sex Worker Respect QLD
LexisNexis Learning Lunch
National Human Rights Network meeting (Madeleine room)
1:30pm – 3:00pm
breakout sessions
*Session is being held offsite, at Tenants Queensland – a 2 min walk from the Sofitel
Prisons and Policing: Dismantling Unjust Systems and Practices
Leadership: Power, Purpose and Possibility
Democracy Now! Developing CLE Material on Active Participation in Australian Democracy
A Force for Change: Strategic Litigation
Sustainable energy: Building wellbeing and resilience in your Community Legal Centre
Get Wired with LexisNexis: Checking Facts and Legality Issues
Power Up: Advanced CLASS Features*
Debbie Kilroy OAM Sisters Inside, Senator Kim Pate Independent Senator for Ontario, Canada, Cheryl Axelby National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Helen Blaber Prisoners Legal Service, Anna Dawson and Camilla Pandolfini Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Roxanne Moore National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Matilda Alexander LGBTI Legal Service, Dean Bell knowmore Legal Service, Wi Pere Mita Community Legal Services South Trust, New Zealand. Facilitated by Jonathon Hunyor Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Linda Richards Legal Aid Queensland, Robert Lachowicz Refugee and Information Legal Service with National Association of Community Legal Centres
Isabelle Reinecke & Belinda Lowe The Grata Fund
Amanda Whelan knowmore Legal Service
Caroline Chan LexisNexis
CLASS Team National Association of Community Legal Centres*

9. DAY TWO WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST CONFERENCE DINNER time session speakers
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Tea
3:30pm – 5:00pm
breakout sessions
*Session is being held offsite, at Tenants Queensland – a 2 min walk from the Sofitel.
Empowering Change: Decolonial Approach and Tackling Trans-Tasman Injustice
People Power: Engaging and Retaining Volunteers
Dynamic Engagement: Community And The Role Of Community Legal Centres
Power Lines: The Needs for Women and Young People
National Partnership Agreement 2.0 Consultation (CLCs only)
All Systems Go: Legal Practice Management and Continuous Quality Improvement (CLCs only)     
Power Up: Administrative Reporting and CLASS*
Sue Moroney, Tom Harris & Haimona Te Nahu Community Legal Centres O Aotearoa and Fleur Ramsay UNSW Law PhD Candidate
Michelle Stafford Volunteering Queensland
Preethi Vergis The Inclusive Justice Project, Geoffrey Mulherin Law and Justice Foundation of NSW
Vanessa Lethlean Top End Women’s Legal Service, Janet Taylor Central Australian Women’s Legal Service, Mary-Anne Philip Katherine Women’s Information and Legal Service, and Stacey McMillan Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre
Amanda Alford National Association of Community Legal Centres
National PII Network and Sector Accreditation & Capacity Building Team
CLASS Team National Association of Community Legal Centres*
CONFERENCE DINNER
7:30pm – late
Sofitel Brisbane Central
Dinner
Sponsored by Hall & Wilcox
Address by Nathan Kennedy Hall & Wilcox
9 October 2019

10. DAY THREE THURSDAY 29 AUGUST time session speakers 9 October 2019
9:00am – 10:30am plenary
Smash the Patriarchy!
Kate Jenkins Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission, Cheryl Axleby National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Renee Carr Fair Agenda, Elena Rosenman Women's Legal Centre ACT and Louise Allen Global Gender, Peace and Security Expert
10:30am - 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 12:30pm
breakout sessions
Deep Impact: Social Impact of Natural Disaster and Organisational Responses To Environmental Issues
Rebalancing Power: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Purposeful Inclusion: Working with LGBTIQ People and Communities
Transforming Entry Through Intake
Reframing the Narrative of Organisational Change and Individuals
Training in Family Law: Divorce and Property Settlements
Sophie Boden & Bill Mitchell Townsville Community Legal Service and Damien Pitts and Alex Jones Barwon Community Legal Service, Wallis Hamilton Inner Melbourne Community Legal
Kate Jenkins Australian Human Rights Commission, Maria Nawaz and Anita Will Kingsford Legal Centre, Sharmilla Bargon Redfern Legal Centre
Sam Elkin St Kilda Legal Service/Convenor National LGBTIQ Network
Donna Askew Eastern Community Legal Centre and CLASS Team National Association of Community Legal Centres
Shayla Strapps Mental Health Law Centre WA and Kim Richardson Hunter Community Legal Centre
Clare Dart Barrister, Nationally Accredited Mediator, FDRP, Arbitrator
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
Poster presentations
Older Persons Legal Services Network meeting
1:30pm – 3:00pm
plenary
Unconference Conference closing
On the last day of the Conference, join us for an 'Unconference' session which provides the opportunity to share information, ideas and reflections to guide your own commitment to action and the possibilities for collective action moving forward.
9 October 2019

11. SPONSORS
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
9 October 2019