News + Views

The CIJ advocates for a better justice system through a range of forums including media articles, opinion pieces, speeches and our blog. To request media comment, please contact RMIT Central Communications on +61 439 704 077.

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New multidisciplinary taster placement 

The CIJ's first multidisciplinary taster placement took place at the Child Witness Service, the Intermediaries Pilot Program and the Office of Public Prosecutions.

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Where are they now? With Brigette Rose

The CIJ catches up with former RMIT Juris Doctor student Brigette Rose to find out what she's been up to since graduating.

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Funding extension for CIJ-LACW integrated practice partnership

A CIJ partnership with the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women is providing pathways out of the justice system for vulnerable women.

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Media

“We must all stand up for an independent judiciary” 

Opinion piece by Rob Hulls published in the Herald Sun, 2 September 2019

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Voice at the Table Training for CIJ Staff

In August CIJ staff participated in SARU's Voice at the Table training to help us work in more accessible ways with people with cognitive disability.

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Students

Spring/Summer 2019 Clinical Legal Education Opportunities – applications now open!

Interested in developing your practical legal skills while making a contribution to the community AND getting course credit? Applications for Spring/Summer 2019 Clinical Legal Education LAW2434 (CLE), a JD elective course, are now open.

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State politicians hear from Aboriginal Victorians on country as part of spent convictions inquiry

Members of a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into a legislated spent convictions scheme have travelled to Gunditjmara country to learn more about the impacts of criminal record discrimination.

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Volunteer opportunity for RMIT JD students – Neighbourhood Justice Centre Fines Clinic

Are you an RMIT JD student who has a passion for social justice? If yes, we need your help to provide a service for City of Yarra residents dealing with fines and infringements.

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Where are they now? With Poppy Jacobs

The CIJ catches up with former RMIT Juris Doctor student Poppy Jacobs to find out what she's been up to since graduating.

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Voices for Justice

The Voices for Justice program supports people with disability and lived experience of the criminal justice system to be self-advocates.

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Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry hears from Woor-Dungin

Members of Woor-Dungin's Criminal Record Discrimination Project team have given evidence to a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry on spent convictions.

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Blog

Where professional privilege is blurred

There is a risk that information held by legal practices with interdisciplinary programs could be subpoenaed and used against their clients.

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New York Study Tour 2019 Blog

The latest from our inaugural New York Innovative Justice Study Tour!

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Semester 2 2019 Taster Placement opportunities

Please note: Applications for Semester 2 Taster Placements are now closed. The next group of Taster Placement opportunities will be advertised in early 2020. 

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Students

Spring/Summer 2019 Clinical Legal Education Opportunities

Interested in developing your practical legal skills while making a contribution to the community AND getting course credit? Applications for Spring/Summer 2019 Clinical Legal Education LAW2434 (CLE), a JD elective course, will be open soon on Monday 16 September 2019.

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News

Criminal record reform update

Victoria takes a step closer to a Spent Convictions scheme.

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Students

Where are they now? With Ash Thomas

The CIJ catches up with former RMIT Juris Doctor student Ash Thomas to find out what he's been up to since graduating.

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Blog

Improving victims’ experiences of the justice system

The CIJ's study for Victoria's Office of Public Prosecutions provides a unique insight into what victims want from the prosecution process.

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Blog

Reversing the trend of mass incarceration – do prisons have a role?

Some simple steps to start turning the tide on Victoria's prison population.

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Students

Semester 1 2019 Taster Placement opportunity

The Centre for Innovative Justice, together with the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria is offering an opportunity to RMIT JD students to spend a day observing a criminal conviction and sentence appeal in the highest Victorian Court.

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News

International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day, the rise in the number of women incarcerated in Victoria has not abated.

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Students

Focus on homelessness for Innovative Justice Semester 1

This semester, the RMIT Juris Doctor’s Innovative Justice subject is focusing on the topic “sleeping rough” as a lens through which to examine innovative justice.

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News, Blog

Financial Counselling at LACW and MHLC!

The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has provided funding to the CIJ to employ a financial counsellor to deliver services to women in the criminal justice system affected by gambling.

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Blog

Supporting Justice update

Work is progressing well on the CIJ’s Supporting Justice project which, through two streams of work, aims to design better justice responses for people with a cognitive impairment and/or complex needs in Victoria. 

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