Relocating to another country is no walk in the park, especially when the local language is not your mother tongue. And for the ever-increasing number of international students coming to Australia, they have to contend with learning to navigate local education, employment and rental systems.
That’s why Redfern Legal Centre has developed My Legal Mate, an interactive app that provides comprehensive legal advice in four key areas that often concern international students: employment, housing, disputes with education providers and sexual assault.
Students from abroad can subscribe to the multi-language app, which provides advice in six community languages alongside English, via their education provider.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers spoke to Sean Stimson, head of Redfern Legal Centre’s International Student Service, about the process of putting My Legal Mate together and why it’s so important that such a service is available to the ever-growing number of international students studying in Australia.
Read the full interview here (Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 9 November 2019).
