AGM lunch Gold Coast District Law Association

The 2015 annual general meeting luncheon of the Gold Coast District Law Association Inc. will be held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort, Ross Street, Benowa, Qld 4217 on Friday 4 September 2015 at 12.30 pm. The guest speaker is His Honour, Justice Glenn Martin. A charity...

Finalist, Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards!

It is our pleasure to confirm Robina Community Legal Centre Inc is a finalist for the 15th Annual Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards. Category: Pro-Bono Program of the Year This highly sought after accolade recognises excellence in the law, from the profession’s...

When You’re Smiling

CLC volunteers are happy people, don’t you agree? Come and Get Involved – we’d be delighted to see you…   When you’re smilin’ keep on smilin’ The whole world smiles with you And when you’re laughin’ oh when...

Park and Village Information

Caxton Legal Centre Inc. is in the process of holding some free community legal information sessions for Park and Village residents in the Gold Coast region.  The next one is as follows:   Broadbeach Branch Library 61 Sunshine Boulevarde, Mermaid Waters Thursday...

GU – Meet the Profession

Griffith Law School is delighted to invite you to attend our Meet The Profession Gold Coast networking event. ​Date: Wednesday 19 August 2015 at 6pm. Venue: Hilton Hotel, Orchid Road, Surfers Paradise The event will provide an opportunity to network with our students,...

State Budget to deliver $31.3 million to fight domestic violence

A media release dated 7 July 2015: The Palaszczuk Government will spend $31.3 million over four years on a range of initiatives aimed at tackling domestic and family violence, including the trial of a specialist Domestic and Family Violence Magistrates Court at...

Is Access to Justice a Right or a Service?

With great respect, this is an excellent article by Justice Steven Rares in response to the 2014 Productivity Commission’s Report on Access to Justice Arrangements.  His Honour’s paper concludes:   Legal Aid 87. In December 2014, the JCA welcomed the...

Karen Andrews MP afternoon tea with Prime Minister

We are delighted to have the support of our local federal Member of Parliament, Mrs Karen Andrews. On 10 July 2015 our president Ross Lee and committee member Dr Kieran Tranter had the wonderful opportunity to meet the Prime Minister of Australia and share with him,...

Free Legal Advice – GC Sun Article

Thanks to Committee member Dr Kieran Tranter and Griffith University Students Heather Nieuwenhoven and Christy Englezakis for arranging a fantastic Gold Coast Sun article about RCLC. Here following is the article, published Wednesday 8 July 2015:

GCCC Community Grant Success

We are delighted to confirm that RCLC has been successful in procuring funding of $3,000 from the City of Gold Coast, Community Grants Program. This local government grant will pay for approximately 40% of our rent and utilities bill for 2015/16, given we are on...