News and Events

The First Nations paralegal is an identified position for a person who is First Nations. The role of the paralegal is to provide administrative and casework support to the First Nations lawyer and First Nations clients, in a culturally appropriate and accessible manner.  This role provides an opportunity to work within a culturally safe practice at Redfern legal Centre, dedicated to assisting First Nations clients in our local area, across a range of legal issues and areas of law. The First Nations paralegal may also assist other practice areas, depending on capacity and demand.

Redfern Legal Centre’s first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) sets out our organisational commitment to reconciliation and contains a number of concrete actions for us to work towards between March 2023 and February 2025.

Applications to the Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme have been extended to 30 June 2023. RLC can help you apply.

In April 2022, RLC joined a coalition of 125 organisations calling on the federal government to urgently support First Nations People who have been affected by the collapse of funeral insurer, Youpla.

RLC's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Access Worker increases access to justice for First Nations communities.

The Koori Vaccination Clinic operating out of Redfern Town Hall ceased operations in April 2022.

Over 100 members of the legal, academic and political profession have endorsed an open letter to the NSW Premier, calling to revoke wrongly issued COVID-19 fines.

The Chronic Care for Aboriginal People Network is inviting First Nations people from NSW to take part in a series of online yarning sessions to adapt a tool to be used to help address vaccine hesitancy in the community.

In October 2020, RLC police accountability solicitor Samatha Lee appeared before The Select Committee into the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody.

Over 20 local community and legal groups, including Redfern Legal Centre, have joined forces as the Redfern Waterloo Alliance of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and Allies to start a campaign for more social and affordable housing.