In October/November 2025, the Impact & Influence Project hosted a series of workshops for practitioners and leaders in the legal assistance sector, specifically focused on skills development in multidisciplinary practice.

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Event Videos

Launch of Governance Framework for Multidisciplinary Practice

Masterclass with Michele Leering

Workshop Details

Day 1: Thursday 30 October 2025 

Workshop 1: Lessons from Practice

An expert panel shares lessons and tips from different multidisciplinary practices through case studies and an in-depth exploration of principles and practice. 

Download Workshop 1 Program Schedule here.

Workshop 2: Design Your Own Multidisciplinary Practice

A participatory workshop where participants build practical skills through being challenged to think deeply about how a multidisciplinary model should be designed to meet client needs.  

Gain hands-on skills working together in a mock multidisciplinary team.   This workshop promises to be highly practical and lots of fun!  

Download Workshop 2 Program Schedule here.

Day 2: Thursday 13 November 2025 

Workshop 3: Leading change – Structures and strategies to support a multidisciplinary organisation

Leading practitioners and advocates in multidisciplinary practice share insights from their growth as a multidisciplinary organisation, including an exploration of challenges and successes experienced along the way.

*Includes the launch of the Governance Framework for Multidisciplinary Practice.*

Download Workshop 3 Program Schedule here.

Workshop 4: Masterclass with Michele Leering

Michele Leering is a Canadian scholar, practitioner-researcher, former community lawyer and former Executive Director of the Community Advocacy & Legal Centre, a non-profit community legal clinic in Ontario, Canada.

Michele will share insights from her decades of experience working in and researching multidisciplinary approaches to access to justice and developments in multidisciplinary practice from Canadian and international perspectives.  This promises to be a fascinating presentation and Q&A with an expert in this field!

Download Workshop 4 Program Schedule here.

The Integrated Legal Practice – Impact and Influence Project

Funded by the Victorian Legal Services Board Grants Program, the Integrated Legal Practice – Impact & Influence Project brings together leaders in multidisciplinary practice from across the Victorian legal assistance sector.  

Building on the previous learning and development events hosted by this Project (Family Violence Roundtable 2023 and Multidisciplinary Practice Forum 2024), the Multidisciplinary Practice Workshop Series will target specific skills in practice, policy and advocacy to support our sector’s growth in multidisciplinary practice.

For more information:

Please contact us at fvi@eclc.org.au if you have any questions. 

The ‘Integrated Legal Practice – Impact and Influence’ project is funded by the Victorian Legal Services Board Grants Program and guided by the Project’s Advisory Group.

For more information about the Project and its work to date, please see the Project webpage.