Volunteer at RACS

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Volunteers are crucial to our work at RACS. From providing critical legal support to our solicitors to raising raising RACS’ profile on digital platforms, we rely on volunteers to assist in our fight to defend the rights of people seeking asylum.

Opportunities are available in the following areas:

  • Legal - for law students and PLTs

  • Social media

  • Graphic design

  • Photography and videography

  • Office administration and support

What can people with legal training do to help RACS? 

Lawyers from a range of firms provide pro bono legal support for RACS’s programs, meaning that the impact of our work is far greater than what our staff lawyers can achieve on their own. Please contact the pro bono coordinator at your firm to explore options with RACS. If you are a barrister or sole practitioner interested in providing pro bono legal services through RACS, please email us at reception@racs.org.au to discuss this further.  

Volunteers, including university students, are essential to everyday operations at RACS. Legal volunteers will speak regularly with clients under the supervision of a RACS lawyer. You do not need to be a law student to be a legal volunteer. Apply here. 

RACS also offers Practical Legal Training (PLT) placements, though these positions are limited and competitive. 

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“Volunteering with the dedicated RACS team gives me a sense of purpose and enables me to do something to support people fleeing persecution and danger across the globe.”
— Sue Whitehead, RACS volunteer
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How can someone with no legal training contribute? 

We welcome assistance from volunteers in translation services, fundraising, administration and advocacy on refugee issues. 

You can also complete an unpaid legal or marketing/communications internship with us, but the internship must be approved for course credit by your university and RACS. 

Submit your expression of interest or apply for our legal student volunteer/PLT program by filling in the form on this page. Further instructions will be sent to you via email.

“RACS serves as a reminder that wherever injustice exists in the world, it is overshadowed tenfold by the endeavours of those advocating for a better way, a kinder way.”
— Trevin AndersonSoria, RACS intern
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“Each day, I got the chance to work with the lawyers at RACS and provide people at risk with invaluable legal advice and services.”
— Josephine Haseman, RACS intern
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