We are pleased to announce Carly Burgess & Lauren Taylor have been accepted into the VLA Family Law Trial Counsel Development Program.
Delivered in collaboration with the Victorian Bar, the program aims to develop quality advocates at the junior Family Law Bar by pairing them with experienced lead counsel mentors in up to three family law trials over two years.
The pilot will fund both junior and lead counsel to appear in family law trials together, where a grant of legal assistance would only cover one counsel.
Initially, only matters which are held by solicitors in VLA’s in-house practice will be eligible for the program. Following evaluation, VLA hope to be able to expand to include trials from panel firms and community legal centres, as well as expand the number of junior counsel.