Community legal education

Redfern Legal Centre works in partnership with community workers, advocates and lawyers, providing legal training and resources so that you can better assist your clients.

We present a calendar of training webinars to watch live or on-demand.
We record webinars and videos for viewing at a convenient time.

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Enquiries: education@rlc.org.au.

Webinar calendar

Upcoming webinars

April 15 2026 Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution
Mar 20 2026 Human Rights and Discrimination Complaints Against Police
June 24 2026 Financial Abuse: Exploring our holistic, multi-disciplinary service for victim survivors across NSW
July 29 2026 Financial Abuse: Identifying financial abuse in company directorships and tax debts
August 5 2026 Terminations of Residential Tenancies in NSW (and how to challenge them)
September 9 2026 Learn about workplace exploitation and the Workplace Justice Visa
September 29 2026 Fines and Penalty Notices in NSW: Disputing the Fine
October 14 2026 Resolving Financial Abuse Issues: Telecommunications
November 4 2026 Money Matters in Social Housing

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Watch these webinars now... or whenever suits you and your team. Free of charge!

Events

Free online session: Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution

This webinar will provide you with tips and tactics to effectively resolve common complaints with phone bills, electricity bills, and banking debts.

18 March 2026

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Free online session: Human Rights and Discrimination Complaints Against Police

Free online session (May 20, 2026, 11am–12pm AEST) on how discrimination laws apply to police conduct in NSW. Covers legal tests, common complaint barriers, legal gaps, and alternative accountability options. Designed for community workers, lawyers, and advocates.

20 April 2026

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Introduction to Social Housing Law & Policy in NSW

This webinar provides an overview of law and policy in public and community housing.

17 September 2025

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Evictions in NSW - the new rules

23 July 2025

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Repairs in NSW social housing and private rentals

This webinar for community workers outlines tenants’ rights to getting repairs done in social or private housing, and provides tips on navigating DCJ Housing’s repairs and maintenance system.

27 August 2025

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Underpaid at work? Know your rights

An RLC webinar on underpayments

27 May 2025

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Financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

28 May 2025

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Help! My Client has Problem Debts #1: How to navigate internal dispute resolution

Do your clients have problem debts?

5 March 2025

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Fines and Penalty Notices (webinar recordings & resources)

Recordings and resources for webinars on fines and penalty notices in NSW.

17 October 2024

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Drugs and NSW Police Powers

This presentation discusses the various police powers and their limitations in relation to drugs in NSW.

10 September 2024

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Terminations of Residential Tenancies in NSW (and how to challenge them)

This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.

26 September 2024

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Help! My Client has Problem Debts (#3): Strategies for Dispute Resolution (recording)

RLC is excited to present this cutting-edge webinar, which will draw on lessons from our recent casework to give you tips and tactics that may help solve your clients' debt problems.

21 August 2024

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Money Matters in NSW Social Housing (webinar)

An overview of some common money-related issues that arise in public and community housing in NSW.

30 July 2024

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Has Your Client Been Underpaid? (recording)

Help your clients work out whether they are getting paid properly at work, and what to do about it if they aren't.

11 October 2023

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Introduction to Social Housing Law & Policy in NSW

This webinar provides an overview of law and policy in public and community housing.

17 September 2025

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Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case (recording)

This is a recording of the RLC webinar in June 2023: Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case.

30 June 2023

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Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution (recording)

This webinar provides tips and tactics to resolve common complaints with phone bills, electricity bills and banking debts.

28 June 2023

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Financial abuse in intimate partner relationships (recordings & resources)

Webinar series for community workers and volunteers in financial counselling, domestic violence, women's refuges and community legal centres.

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Reporting a Sexual Assault – NSW Police and NSW Health Procedure (recording)

What is NSW Police and Health best practice when someone reports a sexual assault?

17 June 2021

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STOP, SEARCH AND DETAIN: Police powers on the street (webinar recording)

There is much debate about police powers to stop, question and search people, with a spotlight on the use of strip-searches, and the negative impact they can have upon vulnerable people.

2 September 2021

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Repair your credit report after financial abuse

Victim survivors of financial abuse experience impacts on their credit report... and so their lives ...for years after they leave the relationship behind.

5 April 2023

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Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

1 February 2023

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Community legal education news

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Fined Out: Practical guide for people having problems with fines

Legal Aid NSW has published an updated version of its 'Fined Out' booklet, produced in collaboration with Inner City Legal Centre and Redfern Legal Centre.

30 July 2024