Legal lessons helping African youth
Source: South Australia. Attorney-General. Media Release
"It’s not often that the half-time break of a soccer match involves a pep talk on South Australia’s anti-discrimination laws, but that’s the scene at Adelaide’s parklands each week. The Legal Education and Awareness Project (LEAP) is helping newly arrived African communities understand the law in South Australia, by bringing the classroom to them. Attorney-General and Minister for Multicultural Affairs Michael Atkinson says that legal education is one of the keys to the peaceful settlement of new communities in South Australia. “Many of these young people and their families have fled lawless, war-torn African nations in the last decade or more and sought refuge from violence and persecution in South Australia,” he said. “In many cases, their rights in their homeland had been destroyed. Building their trust in our legal processes is essential, for the wellbeing of the African community and the S.A. public."