Drop-in Clinic
The drop-in
clinic will be staffed by law student volunteers and supervised by legal
practitioners and CDLP staff. Sessions will be held in the CDLP boardroom (see
How to Find us page). The clinic will run once a month and will be held on the
first Wednesday of each month from 6pm-7.30pm. The first clinic session will be
held on 5 October 2011. A legal practitioner and a CDLP staff member will
supervise all clinic sessions.
Clinic policy
dictates that if a query is being made about or on behalf of a person with
disability, the person at the centre of the query should attend the session, so
that information can be provided directly to the individual. Those attending
the clinic can bring a family member, advocate or support person if they wish.
Please email queries in advance so that volunteers can prepare for the session
and let us know if you have any additional accessibility requirements (the
building is fully accessible).
Volunteers at the
clinic are students and not legal practitioners, and therefore
cannot provide legal advice, simply information
on how to address legal issues facing people with disabilities. Anyone
requiring legal advice will have to consult a solicitor separately.
For details on
who should attend the clinic, confidentiality, accessibility and other
information, please see the
clinic’s policy document.