National Community Legal Centres Conference 2025

The 2025 National Community Legal Centres Conference has now ended
National Conference 2025 was held from Tuesday 2 September to Friday 5 September 2025. at Kambri at ANU (the Australian National University) and other venues on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra.
Face-to-face National Network meetings ran on Tuesday 2 September and four half-day masterclasses were held in the morning of Wednesday 3 September. The wider program included local walking tours, a First Nations basket weaving workshop, a Welcome Reception and a Conference Dinner in the Gandel Atrium at the National Museum of Australia.
Community Legal Centres Australia would like to express its deep gratitude to the Conference Advisory Group, and to all conference speakers, presenters, sponsors and delegates for helping to deliver a successful conference.
Slide presentations from conference sessions and poster presentations will be available on the User Portal once presenters have given permission to make them available.
Justice Louise Taylor, Justice of the ACT Supreme Court
Arlia Fleming, Chair CLCs Australia; CEO Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre
Tim Leach, CEO, CLCs Australia
Rosslyn Monro, Executive Director Community Legal Centres Queensland
Blake Cansdale, President Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
Keryn Ruska, Legal Services Manager Institute of Urban Indigenous Health
Sammy Cooper, Sector Sustainability Coordinator Community Legal Centres Queensland (left)
Zachary Armytage, Aboriginal Legal Access Program Coordinator Community Legal Centres NSW
Zoe Daniel, journalist, former independent member of Federal Parliament
Erin O’Dwyer, journalist, author and editor
Felicia Djamirze, First Nations woman, author of Accessory, CEO Neuro Vitality and Trauma Recovery Network