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Stay up to date with the latest from South-East Monash Legal Service, including updates on our work, community initiatives and law reform.

November 14, 2025

We Support Treaty in Victoria

South-East Monash Legal Service strongly supports Treaty in Victoria as a vital step toward healing, justice, and self-determination.  South-East Monash Legal Service…

September 18, 2025

Police “No Reason” Searches: What They Mean for Our Community

Changes to the Control of Weapons Act 1990 (Vic) have expanded police powers to stop and search people in designated areas — even…

August 14, 2025

How student criminal lawyers are improving criminal justice outcomes in the southeast 

Our criminal law program is now home to the only student-supervised duty lawyer service currently operating in Victoria. Based at South-East Monash…

June 26, 2025

Cultivating cultures of community with Justice Q

As we approach the end of Pride Month and commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, we’re reminded of the power of…

November 19, 2024

Transgender Awareness Week: Celebrating Diversity and Advocating for Equality

It's Transgender Awareness Week. This week is a powerful reminder of the importance of visibility, education, and support for transgender individuals. We…

May 28, 2024

Justice Q Origin Story

Justice Q is our newly launched specialist LGBTIQA+ legal service. It is a service run by and for LGBTIQA+ people and provides…

January 29, 2021

Homelessness in Victoria

This article was compiled from writings by students from Monash Faculty of Law undertaking a Professional Practice Unit at SMLS. “It is not safe to live…

December 11, 2020

Work Rights Legal Education Resources

Understanding your rights at work SMLS was recently funded by the City of Greater Dandenong to create some resources to help people…

October 9, 2020

COVID Fines

COVID fines data reveals gaps in the data, problems with data collection and concerns with the internal review process. Recently, the Crime…