What is QLAF?

The Australian Legal Assistance Forum (ALAF) was established to enable member organisations to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a cooperative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a coordinated fashion.

In November 2004, Legal Aid Queensland hosted a National Legal Aid Congress in Brisbane. One of the recommendations coming out of the Congress was that legal assistance forums should be established in all States throughout Australia and that those forums would fill a greater coordination role in strategic planning for legal aid service delivery in each State.

As a result of those recommendations, QLAF was established and held its first meeting in Brisbane on 7 February 2006.

Latest news and events

Walk for Justice

The Walk will take place on Tuesday 15 May 2012. This annual event celebrates the work achieved by legal professionals working to promote access to justice in Queensland. Click here for more information.

Community legal education

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Young people, Indigenous and regional Queenslanders to benefit from community legal education initiatives.

Legal Aid Queensland has announced the inaugural recipients of the Legal Aid Queensland Collaboration Fund, to support community legal education initiatives. Read more...

Legal Aid Queensland has launched a YouTube channel! 

The YouTube channel will be used to showcase the electronic legal education resources produced by LAQ in partnership with other agencies. The newest addition to the channel is: "What’s the law? Australian law for new arrivals". This legal education package is an initiative of National Legal Aid and includes a DVD of 10 short stories highlighting some of the legal issues that new arrivals may experience in their first 18 months of settlement.

The short stories use simple English  and will be utilised as part of the Adult Migrant Education Program (AMEP) and also in other community legal education settings.

New strategy to educate community about their legal rights

Educating people about their rights and responsibilities under the law is the focus of Legal Aid Queensland’s new Community Legal Education Strategy.

Legal Aid Queensland’s community legal education activities include delivering legal information sessions to community members, community groups and government service providers; developing factsheets, information kits and guides on a range of legal issues most common in the community; and attending and supporting community initiatives like Domestic Violence Prevention Month.

One of Legal Aid Queensland’s new community legal education initiatives is the family law DVD “Life after separation: putting the pieces back together”, available to view online at www.legalaid.qld.gov.au or Legal Aid Queensland's YouTube channel.

This video helps people understand their options when considering family separation.

Continuing Professional Development calendar

View upcoming Professional Development events for Legal Professionals. Read more...

Flood & cyclone legal help for Queenslanders

Queensland Legal Assistance Forum members are working together to provide free legal information and preliminary legal advice to disadvantaged Queenslanders affected by floods. Read more…

Queensland Inter-Jurisdictional Forum

In accordance with the requirements under the National Partnership Agreement, Legal Aid Queensland has established a Queensland Inter-Jurisdictional Forum (QIJF).

QIJF held its first meeting in February 2011 with representatives from QLAF and the State and Commonwealth Governments in attendance. The aim of QIJF is to consider opportunities for improved coordination and targeting of services between legal assistance service providers, as well as the linking of legal aid services with other service providers, within its jurisdiction.