Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Tessa Micucci, Amanda Di Placido and Alice Cooney 01 Oct 2020

By being proactive and educating ourselves we can lessen the burden on trans people who work in or access the legal community.

LGBTIQ

Specialist legal service valued by LGBTIQ community

Karin Derkley 02 Sep 2020

Negative experiences with the justice system might explain why around 80 per cent of LGBTIQ people told a survey they preferred to get legal help from a specialist legal service...

Discrimination LGBTIQ

LIV recommends Victorian LGBTIQ law reform

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 13 Aug 2020

In a submission to the Victorian Government’s LGBTIQ Strategy, the Law Institute of Victoria has made recommendations for law reform to promote LGBTIQ equality and reduce discrimination in Victoria...

Human Rights LGBTIQ

Inside stories: Legal win for gender diverse

Karin Derkley 01 Jul 2020

At the LGBTIQ Legal Service’s Change Your ID session at this year’s Law Week, the 1 May birth certificate law change was a cause of extra celebration.

Diversity Interviews LGBTIQ

Discrimination: Are all rights equal?

Phoebe Blank 01 Jun 2020

In its current form, the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 places an inappropriate primacy on religious matters over other human rights.

Discrimination Human Rights LGBTIQ

LIV calls for lower bar for anti-vilification legislation

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 31 Jan 2020

In a submission to the Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee, the Law Institute of Victoria has made recommendations to alter anti-vilification law in Victoria...

Discrimination Human Rights LGBTIQ

LIV makes recommendations on LGBT conversion practices ban

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section and LIVOut Working Group 02 Dec 2019

The Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) has made recommendations on a legislative option to ban conversion practices in Victoria in a submission to the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety...

Human Rights LGBTIQ

The Law Institute of Victoria supports the Racial and Religious Tolerance Bill 2019

Administrative Law and Human Rights Section 04 Sep 2019

The LIV has stated its support for the Racial and Religious Tolerance Amendment Bill 2019 and commends the Reason Party in amending the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Vic) to eliminate vilification...

Human Rights LGBTIQ

Support services for LGBTIQ members of the legal profession

Law Institute of Victoria 11 Sep 2017

The LIV recognises that legal professionals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer (LGBTIQ) may be affected by the negative campaigning following the recent attention to marriage equality...

LGBTIQ Marriage Equality Wellbeing

LIV urges PM to legislate on same-sex marriage

LIV Media 13 Sep 2016

The Law Institute of Victoria has written an open letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urging the government to withdraw plans for a plebiscite...

LGBTIQ Marriage Equality

LIV comments regarding surrogacy inquiry

Sarah Bright 12 Feb 2016

Surrogacy is not a new concept. ‘Traditional surrogacy’, involving the egg of a surrogate mother and the sperm of the Commissioning (intended) father has been around for centuries.

Advocacy Child Welfare Ethics Human Rights LGBTIQ

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