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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…

January 10, 2025

We’re welcoming back Student Criminal Law Sessions at Dandenong Magistrates Court in 2025

We are thrilled to announce the return of our Professional Practice Criminal Law Sessions at the Dandenong Magistrates Court, recommencing in the…

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…

September 17, 2020

Explainer: The laws silencing victims of sexual assault

On 7 February 2020 new laws were introduced in Victoria, that have caused significant concern as they make it incredibly difficult for…

August 6, 2020

The Gig Economy; Companies, People and Profit

When most people think of the “gig economy", they tend to think of the big companies behind them, Uber, Menulog, Foodora etc.…