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.
Training for community legal professionals
We provide training to support lawyers delivering family law and family violence assistance both in the legal assistance sector.
Our training 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 law - practical skills for success
Practical training to build your family law negotiation skills using realistic, actor‑based simulations.
Read more
Family violence and the law
Build your understanding of family violence law and practical skills for providing trauma‑informed legal assistance.
Read more
Online family law training courses
Free and self‑paced. Strengthen your family law practice and learn how family law overlaps with family violence, child protection, crime and migration.
Read moreTraining for community sector professionals
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
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read moreTailored training
Can's see the training you need?
- 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.
Join us
Get updates on training, advocacy and how we can create a more gender‑equitable society together.
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
Fostering the next generation of community lawyers
The first intake of Emerging Lawyers provided legal assistance to more than 3000 people across Victoria over an 18-month program.
Read how our training is changing systems for the better“The learning environment felt safe from the start, and it fostered really knowledgeable and meaningful conversation."
Creating safer, more respectful workplaces
Preventing sexual harassment and gendered violence takes informed leadership, clear systems and everyday action.
Our Respect and Equality training, practical tools and research help organisations build safer, more respectful workplaces, with informed leadership and clear systems.