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We acknowledge, value, honour and respect customary lore

and actively promote its permanence and balance within Australian Law

Guiding Principles

Human Rights

The Articles contained in the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ underpin everything we do.

Lore

We acknowledge, value, honour and respect customary lore. Our lore is not to be compromised or devalued in the delivery of our services.

Leadership

Our decisions and actions are guided by strong cultural knowledge, leadership and governance.

Diversity

Our value and respect for diversity is acknowledged across our communities, reflected in the composition of our Board of Directors and staff and through the sensitive way in which we deliver our services.

Integrity

Our integrity is measured by the way we put our values into action and through the accountable, open, honest and ethical business and management systems we sustain.

Collaboration

We work in collaboration and partnership and share a mutual responsibility, dedication, commitment and passion for the delivery of high quality legal services to our clients.

News and Events

  • Our CLE Team in NQ participate in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ event
    Our CLE Team in NQ participate in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ eventJune 13, 2025 - 4:20 pm

    Our Community Legal Education staff in North Queensland participated in the ‘Everyday Legal Training for Frontline Workers’ CLE event in May, coordinated by LawRight and hosted by James Cook University in Cairns. This full-day event saw presentations from LawRight, ATSILS, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service, Cairns Community Legal Centre and Basic Rights Qld. Kimberly Thornley […]

  • ATSILS and QATSICPP partner to deliver Community Legal Education (CLE) Webinar Series
    ATSILS and QATSICPP partner to deliver Community Legal Education (CLE) Webinar SeriesJune 9, 2025 - 6:16 pm

    ATSILS and QATSICPP are collaborating to deliver a Community Legal Education (CLE) webinar series to empower community-based staff supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families facing the Queensland youth justice system. ATSILS’ Pree Sharma, Legal Practitioner, Law Reform and Community Legal Education and Rod Morgan, Legal Practitioner, Criminal Law (Youth Crime Specialist) recently delivered a […]

  • Mabo Day 2025
    Mabo Day 2025June 3, 2025 - 12:43 pm

    #MaboDay Today, June 3, 2025, marks the 33rd anniversary of the landmark Mabo v Queensland (No 2) decision by the High Court of Australia. On this day in 1992, the High Court, in favour of Meriam man Eddie Mabo and his co-plaintiffs, overturned the legal fiction of ‘terra nullius’ – the idea that Australia was […]

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