SCALES identifies its work as human rights advocacy through individual casework, community development projects and law reform. SCALES' clients are young people, refugees and asylum seekers, women escaping domestic violence and public housing tenants. A key element of SCALES' success is the Clinical Legal Education Program it operates in conjunction with the Murdoch University School of Law, which provides training and education of law students in human rights practice.
Judge, Nicholas Cowdery QC said "We were impressed by the strong human rights culture the centre engendered and reinforced. SCALES' work in training and educating law students in human rights law and practice enabled the legal service to be of a broader benefit to the community as well as the individual clients".
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