Services
The Community Legal Education (CLE) unit at VALS is active in the areas of legal education, community development and criminal justice reform. It aims to help strengthen Indigenous communities in Victoria in their struggle towards self-determination and self-direction.

The CLE unit works together with Indigenous communities to give people the opportunity to raise justice issues and explore ways in which the criminal justice system can be made for equitable for Indigenous people. The unit also seeks to change attitudes within mainstream services, such as the police, courts, and government departments.

Throughout 2003, the CLE unit will hold workshops around the kit Be Strong, Use Your Rights. The kit outlines the options for making complaints about services, products and abuses such as racial discrimination.

The CLE unit is available to hold workshops around justice issues. For more information contact Community Legal Education Staff at VALS on 9419 3888 or loneill@vals.org.au

Staff

Loretta O’Neill
Loretta is of Yorta Yorta descent from Shepparton, and has spent much of her life in Melbourne. She was employed at VALS as a Client Service Officer until early 2002, and is now back at VALS as the Community Legal Education Officer. Loretta enjoys getting out into the community, and tackling issues at the grassroots level.

Bradley Boon
Brad is a Kurnai man from Moe. He has lived in Melbourne since 1995, where he has worked for Telstra as a Communications Officer, a Mental Health worker for Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, and had a previous stint at VALS as a Client Service Officer. This time around, Brad has been employed at VALS since 2001. Brad studies music part-time at Kangan TAFE, as well as doing the Koori Leadership course with VACSAL and RMIT. In his spare time, Brad is the drummer in the band, The Grenadines and plays football at Laylor.