Training to support effective and safer responses to family violence
We train legal and community sector workforces to deliver best‑practice support, so people experiencing family and sexual violence receive safe, consistent and high‑quality services, wherever they seek help.
Why this training matters
Building capability across the legal and community services workforce strengthens how the system responds to family violence.
Our training supports professionals to:
- provide high‑quality, trauma‑informed and legally accurate assistance
- identify legal issues earlier
- understand how legal and non-legal issues intersect
- make safe, timely referrals to legal support
- support people to navigate complex systems
This helps create more consistent responses across services, reduces gaps and fragmentation, and supports earlier intervention, not just crisis response.
Are you a community legal professional?
Our training to support lawyers delivering family law and family violence assistance in the legal assistance sector strengthens:
- confidence in managing complex and intersecting legal issues
- trauma‑informed engagement with people experiencing family violence
- the delivery of clear legal advice and safe representation
Family violence duty lawyer intensive
A three‑day intensive to building trauma‑informed skills in advice, advocacy and court representation. Includes a simulated court day before a Magistrate.
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Identifying and responding to family violence misidentification
Learn essential legal and non-legal knowledge and skills to identify and respond to misidentification.
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Family law and separation
Learn how to identify family law issues, make appropriate legal referrals and explain how family law (legislation and process) interacts with your client’s family violence legal issue.
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Community sector professionals are often the first point of contact for people experiencing family violence.
Our training strengthens:
- understanding of how legal issues may arise alongside family violence
- identifying legal issues earlier
- understanding the role of the law in a person's situation
- referrals to legal services
Identifying critical legal issues for family violence
People experiencing family violence often face multiple legal issues across different courts and laws. As a first point of contact, identifying these issues early helps people access the right legal assistance sooner.
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Legal essentials for community sector professionals: navigating child protection
Interactive training to help you understand the Child Protection system and when to refer for legal assistance.
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Case notes and the law
Learn best practices for the structure, style and language of case notes, and develop knowledge in how to respond to subpoenas, appearing as a witness in court, privacy and legal issues. This training is delivered in partnership with Safe and Equal.
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Tailored training
We deliver tailored training for:
- legal and community sector organisations
- government
- not-for-profit organisations
- private and corporate workplaces
Free, online family law training
Designed for legal assistance and community lawyers, this training covers parenting and property matters and explores how family law intersects with family violence, migration, child protection and criminal law.
CPD‑eligible and designed for practical, real‑world practice.
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We trained 299 lawyers and 620 community professionals across 2025
Here's what they told us.
97%
said they would recommend our training to others
93%
of lawyers said the training increased their knowledge of relevant legislation.
98%
of community service professionals said the training improved their ability to provide legal information
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