Mental Health Justice Clinic Brochure
Who are we?
People with lived experience of mental ill-health have the right to be treated fairly, but sometimes it can be hard to know what your rights are and where you can find legal help.
The Mental Health Justice Clinic is a service of Canberra Community Law.
The Mental Health Justice Clinic can provide you with free legal advice if you are a person with lived experience of mental ill-health and you are having problems with:
- Discrimination, where you or someone you care for or are associated with have been treated unfairly because of mental health
- Employment
- Health services
- Abuse, neglect, or exploitation
- Centrelink
- Public housing
- Minor criminal law
The Mental Health Justice Clinic can also help anyone who is associated with a person with lived experience of mental ill-health (such as a carer, friend, or family) who has been treated unfairly because of that association.
How can we help?
We can provide you with free legal advice on your situation and the options you have. This may include advice on:
- Whether the law covers your situation
- Your legal options and what option might work best for you
- How to present your case
- Your chances of success
- The types of outcomes you may be able to obtain.
In some cases, we may also be able to:
- Help you write your complaint or, in some cases, represent you
- Talk to government agencies on your behalf
- Help you appeal decisions.
How else can we help?
The Mental Health Justice Clinic can also provide training on:
- Legal issues that impact on people with lived experience of mental ill-health
- Supporting people with lived experience of mental ill-health to access the justice system.
We acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose traditional lands we work and pay our respects to elders of the Ngunnawal people past and present.