National Indigenous Legal Advocacy Courses

How can I enrol in the courses?

1. Students must be Indigenous

Enrolment in the National Indigenous Legal Advocacy courses is restricted to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. The purpose of the courses is to address the under-representation of Indigenous peoples in the provision of legal services to Indigenous people, and the difficulties of Indigenous peoples gaining entry into the legal profession.

2. Qualifications for entry into courses

Indigenous peoples wishing to undertake the courses do not have to have formal educational qualifications. Instead, selection into the courses will be based on applicants being able to satisfy the training organisation that their experience, literacy and numeracy skills, and any qualifications, that they possess indicate that they are able to successfully complete the course/s.

Entry into the courses is determined by the individual training organisations that are licensed to deliver the courses. Applicants will be interviewed by a selection panel in order to gain entry into the courses. The selection panel may identify any assistance that they consider the training organisation should provide to assist an individual to undertake the courses.

3. Training organisations which offer the courses

The courses can only be offered by training organisations (such as independent aboriginal educational institutes or TAFE colleges) that are licensed to offer and deliver the courses. Each training organisation must obtain a licence from the Australian Human Rights Commission before it can offer the courses.

It is anticipated that the courses will be taught by approximately 1-3 organisations in each state and territory. Click here for more information about registered trainers.

This fact sheet is also available for download in PDF and Word formats.

© Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Last Updated: 5 September 2003.