Strengthening Disability Advocacy conference 2012
Disability advocacy and the legal system: You be the judge!

Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 March 2012 @ Melbourne Park Function Centre

Robyn Mills

Photo of Robyn Mills, Program Leader, Mental Health & Disability Advocacy Program, victoria Legal Aid

Program Leader, Mental Health & Disability Advocacy Program, victoria Legal Aid

Robyn Mills is the program leader for Victoria Legal Aid’s Mental Health & Disability advocacy Program. Robyn is a Solicitor and advocate with over 30 years legal experience initially in private practice and for the last 18 years at Victoria Legal Aid. Robyn practices in many facets of administrative law and regularly appears before the Mental Health Review Board (MHRB) and the Guardianship List at VCAT. Many of Robyn’s clients are some of Victoria’s most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged. Robyn is an active member of Law Institute Committee’s including the Human Rights and Elder Law Committee’s.

Session

Accessing legal services

Monday 26th March, 2012: 2:00am - 2:45am

This session is about accessing legal services, with a particular focus on the legal services that people with a disability might require.