2020 CAWLS Annual General Meeting

📋 Last week, CAWLS held their Annual General Meeting — where the ‘Annual Report’ and ‘Audited Financial Report’ for 2019/20 were presented and board members for 2020/21 were elected 🗳   👥 The CAWLS Board is made up of 10 volunteer members – all women based in Central Australia – with a variety of professional…

I don’t live now. I exist.

⚠️ Content Warning: This post relates to domestic violence and harm to children… 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ ‘I don’t live now. I exist’ are sentiments heard too frequently in the domestic violence and family law space. There is still a long way to go to ensure that our family law courts and trauma informed and responsive to the…

MacYouth Domestic & Family Violence Awareness Training

CAWLS Lawyers, Dotti & Jules, were delighted to contribute to the annual ‘MacYouth Conference’, which brought together youth workers from across the MacDonnell Regional Shire. Covering the challenging topic of identifying and responding to family violence, the conference was a great opportunity to share learnings and tackle some difficult case studies 🗣️ ℹ️ CAWLS regularly…