JURD7819/LAWS3319 Police Powers Clinic

The Police Powers Clinic is an experiential learning program in partnership with Redfern Legal Centre, an independent, non-profit community centre dedicated to promoting social justice and human rights. In this course students will put their legal skills and knowledge to use and gain practical experience of law and policing in action. At the same time students will be critically analysing the effect of law and police practices on disadvantaged clients.

What does the clinic involve?
Students will be assisting olicitors in advising clients in making complaints against the police, as well as conducting work on research, policy and community legal education. The program aims to strengthen students’ practical skills in research, writing, advocacy, problem-solving, teamwork and independent judgment through client work, advocacy and law reform projects and a weekly two hour seminar.

When does the clinic run?
Please check the handbook for term offerings. There is an application period before each intake which is advertised to students via the UNSW student newsletter. Please check the Experiential Learning Key Application Dates available in the shared documents on Inplace for information on application rounds. 

How do I apply?
Please see information on the Law & Justice in Action page and the Clinics page.

Please refer to the course prerequisite outlined in the UNSW Handbook for JURD7819/LAWS3319
For more information about this clinic, please contact experiential@unsw.edu.au