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Undergraduate law students Louis Laing, Kirsty McRuvie and Georgia Whybird share their experience participating in the Summer 2021 virtual internship with Justice Centre Hong Kong, facilitated by the UQ Pro Bono Centre as part of LAWS5233 Transnational Perspectives in Law.
Recent Queensland police data points to a steady rise in reporting of domestic and family violence, and the UQ Pro Bono Centre is at the frontline of law reform in this area.
Mandy Shircore, Director of UQ Pro Bono Centre, introduces pro bono work and specific projects underway, including the Vulnerable Persons Project and the Climate Justice Initiative. This article was originally published in Proctor.
Since March 2020, the UQ Pro Bono Centre has been involved in a partnership project with Mount Gravatt Community Centre Inc. (MGCCI) to provide a community legal education program for leaders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities.
The UQ Pro Bono Centre regularly partners with seven Brisbane-based Community Legal Centres each semester to offer students work-integrated learning for academic credit.