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legal ch 4.2
u3 aos1 criminal justice system
Term | Definition |
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Generalist CLCs | provide broad legal services in a specific geographical locality |
Specialist CLCs | focuses on a particular group of people or area of law |
Role of CLCs | to provide people with information, legal advice and minor assistance such as duty lawyer assistance and possibly legal casework support |
who/what clc's basic legal info | everyone, day-today basis, online |
who/what clc initial legal advice | prelim assistance with letters and forms, without appointment, phone advice, everyone |
who what/ clc duty lawyer assisrance | advice or rep for urgent matters that will be completed in 1 day |
who/what clc legal casework | very rarely a crim matter, ongoing legal rep and services, will only help if passed means test for vla grant |
Funding of CLCs | state, Comm and local government and VLA |
clc types of cases | minor |
clc statue??? | independent community organisations with strong local community connections |