Courses and Programs
Legal Services Commission
The Legal Services Commission conducts a wide range of community legal education programs to enhance access to justice services for all South Australians. It offers free talks on a variety of topics such as Need Legal Help? and runs regular family law information seminars by video conference in Adelaide and country areas. Legal Services Commission talks/seminars are subject to availability of staff and a minimum audience of twenty people.
The Legal Services Commission provides specific legal training short courses and workshops to suit the needs of community organisations, government departments and businesses.
They also offer a TAFE accredited course Law for Community Workers, at the Adelaide City Campus and in some country areas by video conference. The course covers many practical legal topics and forms two electives in the Certificate of Justice Studies and Certificate of Community Services courses.
Fore more information, visit the Legal Services Commission website www.lsc.sa.gov.au.
Educational Programs
The Educational programs section of the South Australia Police provides a resource of schools programs, which are available to all Community Program Units. The resource includes a series of lesson plans and singular programs, which cover various topics with a safety and crime prevention focus.
The programs are specific to particular age groups to ensure appropriateness and the lesson plans are available in four ‘bands’ to ensure the content of the presentation is suitable for the age group of the audience.
For further information visit the Educational programs section found under the Community Services section of South Australia Police website www.police.sa.gov.au.
History of Justices of the Peace
To find out the history behind Justices of the Peace (JPs) visit the Justices of the Peace section of this website.
