Empowering remote communities with culturally appropriate legal resources

<p>Episode no. 62 is with Lindsay Greatorex, Community Liaison and Education Officer (West Kimberley) with Legal Aid Western Australia (LAWA). We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Blurred Borders - legal resource kits using visual art and storytelling to explain legal concepts in a culturally appropriate way</li> <li>why the kits were developed and how the project got started</li> <li>what sticks and rocks have to do with a bail process map</li> <li>the number of kits that have been distributed and who uses them</li> <li>the process the project team undertook to get the language and the art “right”</li> <li>the importance of community outreach in remote areas</li> <li>what accounts for the kits’ universal appeal</li> <li>how an artist identified what was missing and what that meant for adoption of the project by the community</li> <li>the form of user-centred design unique to this project</li> <li>the importance of collaboration across sectors</li> <li>the key benefits from the project<br /> some unintended consequences of the project</li> <li>how community workers have used the resource in helpful ways in local language</li> <li>the challenges of developing a project in such a remote area three times the size of the Tasmania (including the need for flexibility, high staff turnover and lack of understanding of the English language)</li> <li>the importance of having the right people to maintain the relationships in community and to ensure that it was culturally appropriate</li> <li>the tension between investing time to save time</li> <li>how Legal Aid WA determines if the project is having impact</li> <li>how the project engages clients and increases interaction</li> <li>what Lindsay would do to expand this project if he had a magic want</li> <li>whether technology would be appropriate for this application</li> <li>future uses for the resource kits and</li> <li>Lindsay’s definition of legal innovation!</li> </ul> <p>Proudly sponsored by Neota Logic</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://blurredborders.legalaid.wa.gov.au/