Show Notes
This edition of our Access to Justice podcast discusses bringing legal assistance to thousands of asylum seekers affected by changes to Commonwealth law in 2014. Their claims for protection became collectively known as the legacy caseload.
You will hear from the Executive Director of Refugee Legal, David Manne, our Executive Director of Civil Justice, Access and Equity Dan Nicholson, Senior Lawyer with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Arti Chetty and migration agent and specialist lawyer Carina Ford of Carina Ford Immigration Lawyers. Presenter – Louis Bennett.
Download the transcript – https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/sites/www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/files/vla-access-to-justice-podcast-the-legacy-caseload-initiative.docx
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