Re-thinking Advocacy in the Australian Protection System: Churchill Report on Child Centred Legal Services

About this episode

Elicia Savvas discusses her Churchill Fellowship report on child centred legal services and advocacy in the Australian protection system.

Elicia Savvas’s Churchhill Fellowship report, released in September 2024, explores children’s legal services and related organisations in the United States, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The Churchill report largely focuses on the features and benefits of child centred legal services, the need for independent advocacy, and how children’s court systems can support meaningful participation. It contends that the Australian legal sector can better support children’s rights by drawing on the UK ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Arna Delle-Vergini, William Wainwright

Guest: Elicia Savvas

Topics covered

• child centred legal services
• advocacy
• children's rights
• legal systems
• meaningful participation

Keywords

• child legal services
• advocacy
• children's court
• Churchill report
• Australia
• UK legal systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Churchill Fellowship

Books & works: Churchill Report

Places: Australia, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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