Kingsford Legal Centre clinics

Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) is an award winning community legal centre which is part of UNSW Law and housed within the Law Building.

KLC provides legal advice across a variety of matters, taking on cases involving domestic violence, discrimination, housing, wills and estates, employment, debt, criminal law and victims compensation. Cases are taken on by the centre for clients who cannot afford a private solicitor and where there is no other source of assistance or where the centre has a particular expertise (for instance in discrimination matters).

What does the KLC clinic involve?

Students are given responsibility for running legal files under the supervision of a staff solicitor and will be involved in drafting letters, undertaking legal research, interviewing clients, drafting affidavits, statutory declarations, court documents, letters of advice and attending courts with solicitors and Counsel. Students are encouraged to use their initiative to develop proposals in conjunction with the responsible solicitor. Students are responsible for responding to public enquiries and providing effective referrals to other sources of legal and non-legal assistance. READ MORE

Attendance

All clinics run over 10 weeks.

Students MUST attend:

1x 2hour seminar per week for all students

AND

1 day per week at KLC for Non-Intensive courses

2 days per week for Intensive courses

When do the clinics run?

Please see the handbook for course offerings. There is an application period before each intake which is advertised to students via the student newsletter. KLC Clinics are not available in Summer Term.

KLC Community Law Clinic Intensive (2 days) (LAWS3303 / JURD7303)
KLC Community Law Clinic Non-Intensive (1 day) (LAWS3304 / JURD7304)
KLC Employment Law Clinic Intensive (2 days) (LAWS3305 / JURD7305)
KLC Family Law Community Education Clinic Non-Intensive (1 day) (LAWS3240 / JURD7540)

How do I apply?

Please see information on the Law & Justice in Action page and the Clinics page.
Applications can be submitted on Inplace during application periods only. Key dates are available on the main page of L&J in action or in the Shared documents in Inplace.

From Term 3 2023, KLC will be offering placements after the main application round, any remaining places not filled from the main application round will be offered in the secondary round.

Eligibility: see conditions of enrolment in the handbook

A great deal of time and resources are expended to organise these clinical placements. The Faculty and KLC rely on you to fulfil and honour your commitment. Please consider this before applying.  Offers sent to successful applicants must be accepted immediately or your place may be offered to another student. 

Whilst every effort is made to allocate students to their first preference of days, KLC is strictly limited to 10 students attending the Centre each day.  (This may change due to social distancing requirements) Students must attend for the full day. Requests to be absent for work commitments will not be considered. 