Youth Education Project
The Youth Education Project (YEP) provides legal training and resources for youth workers, welfare workers, social workers, teachers and others who work to support young people.
- Runs regular training sessions and workshops on legal topics which affect young people. The core focus is on juvenile justice and criminal law issues such as police powers in public space, police interviews, police powers of search, arrest and detention, children's court and youth justice conferences.
- Produces legal educational materials, including a major publication Youth Justice: Your Guide to Cops and Court and factsheets.
- Supports youth services with legal information.
The Youth Education Program aims to educate youth workers and advocates about the rights of young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system or any other aspects of the law. This will enable them to better assist and advocate for their clients when dealing with the Police, the Children's Court or any other facet of the system, therefore improving access to justice for young people.
If you have had an experience (either good or bad) with the police, Transit Officers or security guards that you would like to share please go to goodcopbadcop where you can tell other young people about your experience and learn from theirs. |
Youth Justice Playing Cards
The Australian Government, the Law and Justice Foundation and Macquarie Legal Centre have created a plain language legal resource for young people, which is informative and fun. The Real Deal: Youth Justice cards is a standard deck of playing cards each individually designed with legal advice, tips and information related to young people’s issues. The project covers issues that may affect young people, such as contracts, debts, drugs, alcohol, robbery, assault and police powers.
As we are a community legal centre a small fee will be charged to keep costs to a minimum.
We will be unable to accept any orders for the deck of cards at this stage, as they are under information updates.
Each deck costs $5.00 plus postage/handling excluding GST.
For youth or community services or organisations the first 10 are free.
For more information call (02) 8833 0920 or email macquarie_nsw@clc.net.au
Disclaimer: Warning: The information contained on this site is general and is not intended to be advice on any matter. It is for information only and is not legal advice. You must not rely on the information contained in this site. if you have a legal problem you must talk with a solicitor. to the extent permissible by law, Macquarie Legal Centre disclaims all liability for anything contained on or accessed via this site and any use you make of it. The information presented is for the State of New South Wales and is only applicable for that State.
The YEP worker is available on |
YOUTH JUSTICE has been updated! Follow the link to order the book and obtain the free update, published in February 2007. |
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FINES (under review) |