Teaching

Disability Legal Clinics

The Disability Hub includes two disability legal clinics at Melbourne Law School. The first is the Disability Human Rights Clinic (DHRC), founded by A/Prof Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Director of the Disability Hub, in 2015. The DHRC take a systemic approach to law and policy reform and students work directly with Australian and international partner organisation to deliver high impact projects related to the rights of disabled people. The second clinic is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and Disability Benefits Clinic, which was founded by A/Prof Anna Arstein-Kerslake in 2020. In this clinic, student deliver community legal education projects related to the NDIS, work directly with clients on applications for NDIS and disability benefits, as well as appeals. Students have also undertaken policy and law reform work related to the NDIS. Partners on the clinic have included Villamanta Disability Legal Service and Victoria Legal Aid.

Melbourne Law Masters

In the Masters of Law (MLM) programme at Melbourne Law School, the Hub also offers two subjects, one on Disability Human Rights Law, and another on Gender and Health Law, which has a strong focus on intersectional identities, including disabled women, disabled gender diverse people, and others.

In addition, the Hub engages in work to increase awareness of disability issues at MLS and UoM and to ensure that the voices of persons with disabilities are heard.