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Volunteering
Who can do Volunteer Work
Experience?
The
Cairns Community Legal Centre Inc. (the Centre) offers volunteer work
experience for:
- University
students (whether law students or otherwise)
- TAFE, Business College and High School Students (Year
11 and 12)
- Others where
appropriate
What the Centre offers Volunteers
The
Centre does its best to provide its volunteers with meaningful work
experience in an area which the volunteer is interested in.
What do Volunteers do at the
Centre?
Volunteer
law and other students may:
- Sit in on
legal advice sessions (with the consent of the client)
- Assist with
casework, community education programs and law reform campaigns
- Assist with
legal research
- Establish
contacts and network
- Find out
what it’s like being a lawyer in a community organisation
- Acquire
skills in general office procedure and protocol
Volunteer
administration workers may:
- Devise
brochures, pamphlets and posters
- Do typing
- Pick up
stationary
- Do the mail
- Find out what
it’s like working in a community organisation
- Acquire
skills in general office procedure and protocol
Why Do Volunteer Work
Experience?
Some
reasons why it’s good to do volunteer work experience at the Centre are that:
- It is an
opportunity for you to increase your skills
- It’s an
opportunity to help you get a job
- It’s an
opportunity to be involved in a worth while
organisation that helps people in need
- You might
even find that it’s fun!
More Information for Volunteers
Further information about volunteering can be found at clcvolunteers.net.au
How do you get to be a
Volunteer?
Contact the Centre for an appointment so that we can talk
to you about doing volunteer work.
Updated: July 2009
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