Rotary of Elizabeth Quay is teaming up with Jenne Alonso from Posh Little Cakes to bring you a very special Mother’s Day edition of Come Cook With Me. This Sunday 3rd May, tune in to Jenne’s virtual live workshop and learn how to make her special melting moments. Tickets are $10 and 100% of the proceeds from this event will …
Due to the current situation with COVID-19 and as a protective measure for the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and clients, the Women’s Legal Service WA physical office will be closed until further notice. Although our doors are closed, we will continue to provide high quality legal assistance to our clients and are still taking appointments. Note, all …
Women’s Legal Service WA is closed for the Christmas Period from 5pm Friday 20 December 2019 and will reopen on Monday 6 January 2020. In the event you need urgent legal advice during our Christmas closure, please telephone the Legal Aid of WA Infoline on 1300 650 579. Should you require assistance from other services, the following numbers may be …
We are proud to announce our Senior Solicitor for Djinda Service, Tameka Brown was chosen as one of the featured stories as part of the 16 days, 16 stories series. This story series was put together by the Centre for Stories and the WA State Library for the 16 days in WA campaign to stop violence against women. We encourage …
After almost four years of dedicated service to achieving just outcomes for women across WA, our Senior Executive Officer Carrie Hannington has left WLSWA as of Friday 22nd November. Carrie has been a fierce advocate for women’s justice and her leadership has been greatly valued by all. The Board and staff of WLSWA wish Carrie the very best in her …
Board Chair, Zoe Henham will speak at the next CEDA event being held on the 29th November 2019. Speakers Hon. Peter Quinlan, Hon. John Quigley and industry leaders will discuss the need for a holistic, systematic approach to justice in Western Australia. Register Now to hear about this important topic.
On Thursday 14th November 2019, we held our Annual General Meeting. The AGM celebrated our achievements, welcomed new members and proudly presented our new look Annual Report for the 2018/19 financial year. You can read our report here Annual Report 2018-19.
At the Board meeting on September 26th 2019, we were pleased to welcome Sarah Van Gent as our new Treasurer. Sarah joins us as a highly qualified accountant with previous community legal sector experience. On Wednesday 9th October, we will welcome to the staff our new Principal Legal Officer Selena McCrickard. Selena comes to us with experience in both the …
The next WLSWA Board meeting will be held at the offices of Clayton Utz Lawyers on 27 June 2019. We will be delighted to welcome to the meeting new Board members Julie Whitlock, Melissa Callanan and Kirsty Moore. We are privileged to now have the skills which our new members will offer, their profiles can be found here. Big thanks …
Important message: unfortunately due to recent staff illness and absences we will not be taking new referrals or making any new appointments prior to 26 June 2019. Our phone lines remain open for enquiries and existing clients and we will refer matters to appropriate services where that is possible; otherwise the Legal Aid Information Line can be contacted on 1300 …
