Patrick Rose Email & Phone Number

Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Key Responsibilities:Undertaking research for client matters, statutory issues, Community Legal Education sessions and project proposalsProviding general solicitor assistance as required, including the delivery of quality written and verbal correspondence to clients, courts and other stakeholders

Sunshine Youth Legal Centre, Visy Cares Hub, 80B Harvester Road, Sunshine Vic 30

Key Responsibilities:Conducting client intake and gathering initial instructionsManaging a file list of between 12 and 20 clients, across a range of criminal, infringement, contract, debt and MVA mattersDrafting legal letters, applications and submissions to a variety of involved parties, including the courts, police, debt collectors and clientsAssisting to train, support and mentor new interns so as to ensure a high level of client satisfaction and serviceKey Achievement:Successfully representing a client in the Infringements Court, where I prepared and delivered a plea in mitigation, briefed the client and assisted them to meet the requirements of their court order

Footscray

Key Responsibilities:Delivering 1.5-2 hour visa information workshops to up to 16 ASRC members being assessed under the DIBP’s “Fast Track” systemMaintaining accurate file notes and client informationCompleting paralegal and solicitor wok as required by the Supervising Lawyer and the Duty Lawyer, including the updating of client files, conducting legal research tasks, managing legal queries via phone and in person, and responding to client questions and concernsKey Achievement:Delivering a large community legal information workshop to case workers, clients and stakeholders for Beyond Borders in Dandenong. This helped to expand the ASRC’s legal support beyond the Footscray location, provided increased legal understanding for case workers and people Seeking Asylum, and sought to increase the prominence of the ASRC’s Law Program in the community

Victoria University: St Albans Campus And Footscray Park

Key Responsibilities:Ensuring an inviting and accessible peer-to-peer drop in service for students from a variety of facultiesAssisting students to develop their academic writing skills by offering advice, feedback and strategies

Luang Prabang, Laos

Key Responsibilities:Training, overseeing and managing a rotating team of between 10 and 22 international volunteers, aged from 18 to 75Delivering and developing training modules, cultural awareness and OH&S inductions, and internship programsArranging logistics and ensuring project needs were met on a daily basis in a dynamic and extremely unpredictable environment. This included expanding the impact of the project through the cultivation and development of community relationships, especially in relation to the temple communityImproving project performance and troubleshooting challenges as they arose. This included managing interpersonal disputes, disciplinary matters and ensuring the balance of the occasionally competing demands of volunteers, community members and groups, and the project’s aimsKey Achievement:Acting as project manager for a three week period. This placed me in charge of managing two staff members, two interns and 20 volunteers, as well ensuring the delivery of education and other community services and support to over 450 community members per day

Bachelor’S Degree, Laws, Wam: 73.5

Bachelor’S Degree, Arts (Politics And English)

Certificate In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages (Celta)