Clayton Utz funds mental health justice program

Inner Melbourne Community Legal is proud to be the inaugural recipient of a $100,000 Access to Justice grant from the Clayton Utz Foundation.

This will help fund our Resolving Barriers to Recovery program, which aims to improve legal outcomes for individuals experiencing mental ill health and psychosocial distress through a specialist health justice partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

The Resolving Barriers to Recovery program involves embedding a dedicated lawyer within various mental health settings to provide tailored legal services, train mental health professionals to identify and address legal needs, and develop co-designed resources to encourage help-seeking.

The program has been developed in partnership with our lived experience Community Legal Advisory Group and builds upon previous work with the group.

“This generous and transformative donation will allow us to implement the next iteration of our highly regarded Health Justice Partnerships, building on years of successful collaboration between lawyers and health professionals,” said IMCL CEO Nadia Morales.

Alongside the financial grant, Clayton Utz will also provide IMCL with pro bono legal support.

Photo: Chair of the Clayton Utz Foundation, Marcus Davenport, with Director of Partnerships and Engagement Molly Willliams and Chief Executive Officer Nadia Morales in our Kensington office.

Inner Melbourne Community Legal acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we work, the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to their cultures and Elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Everyone is welcome at Inner Melbourne Community Legal, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexuality.