Ibid46, and quoting van MoorstElsje, ‘Community legal centres: National Overview 1992: Victoria’ (1992) 17(6) Alternative Law Journal290, 290.
3.
Rich, above n 1, 46.
4.
RiceSimon, The challenge of remaining ‘unfinished’ in the campaign for justice (Paper presented to the National CLC Conference, 26 October 2010) 1.
5.
Ibid3.
6.
GlanvilleLouise, ‘Can CLCs advocate for themselves?’ (1999) 24(3) Alternative Law Journal154.
7.
This capacity is also rated as the number one practice of high-impact non-profits in the inspiring book, CrutchfieldLeslie R and GrantHeather McLeod, Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits (John Wiley, 2007).
8.
A range of other frameworks (also part of a larger social justice vision) could also be applied by specialist services or programs, including feminism, indigenous justice, primary or preventative law, consumer rights, decarceration, restorative justice, ‘Smart Justice’ and environmental justice.
9.
Rice, above n 4, 3.
10.
Ibid10.
11.
MillerRobyn, Cumulative Harm: A conceptual overview (Victorian Dept of Human Services, 2007), drawing on research by De BellisMichael D, Developmental Traumatology Part II: Brain Development (1999) 45 Biological Psychiatry 1271–1284.
12.
Ibid.
13.
GovindarajanVijay and TrimbleChris, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2005)
14.
CollinsJim, Good to Great and the Social Sectors (2005) 1.
AndersonBob, Mastering Leadership (The Leadership Circle, nd).
22.
Throughout 2011, many Victorian CLCs participated in a series of forums titled ‘Reclaiming Community Legal Centres’, designed to stimulate a sector-driven response to cumulative harm. It settled on four strategic priorities to complement the great work already being done by the Federation of CLCs Victoria. The strategies are to: develop structures that leverage collective value; cultivate mindsets that are adaptive and innovative; develop a clear identity and intelligent partnerships; ask for help and provide support.
