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Lawyers need to work on trust to improve funding, support for DV victims
By Naomi Neilson|05 May 2021
Amid the many recommendations for improving family, domestic and sexual violence against women, legal expert and honorary associate professor Liz Curran has told lawyers to “stop talking about ourselves” and instead redirect the focus to how they can better deliver legal services to victims and receive much-needed funding.
Using recent research from Australia, practice initiatives and her own examinations, associate professor Liz Curran has looked at innovative practices and developments that could improve the way the system protects the vulnerable, including victims of sexual, family and domestic violence and other mistreatments against women.