Our national advocacy, policy and law reform work is critical to our core function as a national representative voice for the community legal sector. Our movement has a vision for justice which will only be realised through progressive law reform, and through adequate resourcing for our sector so that the people and communities we work with can access the legal supports they need.

This work involves: 

• Giving voice to the people and communities our centres work with so that their experiences of the justice system can drive system reform. 
• Coordinating sector views so that we can, wherever possible, speak with one voice, particularly when advocating to the federal government and other national-level justice stakeholders. 
• Amplifying the advocacy, policy and law reform work of both the state and territory peaks and individual centres and, where we can, supporting them with strategic advice and resources. 

• Building understanding of and support for our sector among federal parliamentarians and other national-level decision-makers.

Read below about some of the important federal law reform issues our sector advocates on, or see our Advocacy archive for older advocacy works.