Lunch N Learn: An update on Intimate Partner Violence & Coercive Control

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

In this 1-hour Lunch N Learn workshop, Legal Aid NSW will be exploring coercive control and how it presents in the different forms of  intimate partner violence, and the current laws surrounding coercive control, which came into effect on the 1st July 2024. They will also give an overview of the domestic violence services available through Legal Aid NSW and what they can assist clients with.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Verity

Verity is a senior criminal lawyer in the Legal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) and a Juris Doctor. She has been working at Legal Aid since 2009. She specialises in assisting primary victims of domestic violence with criminal or ADVO matters before the local court. She has appeared in the local, district and children’s courts of NSW. She has a special interested in trauma-informed practice, having previously assisted clients taking part in the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Katrina:
Katrina has a Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology) Degree as well as Master of Social Science. Katrina has been with Legal Aid since 2029, and a Caseworker with the Domestic Violence Unit since 2022.  Before working at Legal Aid, Katrina held various roles across the welfare industry, including working with at risk and homeless children and young people, as a project coordinator with the Smith Family, and as an Out of Home Care Manager for 5 years with Life Without Barriers. Kat developed her passion for working with victims of domestic and family violence while working at Southern Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service in 2016 as an Intake and Referral Officer. Katrina is also about to complete Cert IV in Training and Assessment.