Education and Training
Consumer Action lawyers regularly conduct free training workshops for community legal centres, consumer support workers, financial counsellors and other community workers on consumer law topics, including when we visit rural and regional areas and Indigenous communities as part of our Outreach Project.
We have also participated in training workshops coordinated by other organisations, for example the PILCH Homeless Persons Legal Clinic , the Tenants’ Union of Victoria and the Financial and Consumer Rights Council.
Training workshops are generally free for attendees.
Training workshops previously conducted include:
- Unfair contract terms;
- Door-to-door sales;
- Telemarketing;
- Unconscionability;
- Vendor terms mortgages;
- Contract law;
- Mobile phone contracts; and
- Dealing with electricity, gas and water debt.
Please contact us if you are interested in attending future training workshops. We circulate information about upcoming training sessions as widely as possible.
We are always happy to discuss further training needs for your community organisation and encourage you to contact us if you think that we may be able to assist.
For lawyers, training conducted by us may also earn Continuing Professional Development points.