Annual Report 2014-15

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Volunteers Reflections Erin Steward, Law Student- University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Law an intern at the University of Santa Clara On my first day at RACS, I was warmly greeted by everyone and was able to get right to work within a day of starting. I have spent my time here working to support asylum claims of unaccompanied minors who came to Australia by boat. I conducted a lot of research on the country conditions from the different countries from which these clients originated. I was able to help build claims to aid these clients and their lawyer in court and hopefully win their claims of asylum. Although I only spent 6 weeks at RACS, I feel as though I was able to really become infused into how the Australian processes of refugee asylum works through both my research and the several trainings I attended while working here. Will De Waal, student volunteer I’ve been volunteering at RACS since mid-2014. I draft legal submissions, complete country of origin research, and assist RACS lawyers with a vast range of other tasks. Along the way, I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with many of RACS’ clients, and a large portion of the RACS team. Even now, I find each day challenging - but also immensely enjoyable and rewarding. RACS’ clients are in an exceptionally precarious position, and RACS is their lifeline. This means that the work RACS does is serious business - but it also fosters a close, warm RACS family, united by the pursuit for justice. The team is extremely passionate, spirited and resilient, and they continue to inspire me to be a better advocate and a better person. I will really miss everyone at RACS because they made my experience here that much more enjoyable. I certainly won’t have an issue reaching out to anyone at RACS in the future about any questions I may have about Refugee Law. I will have lots of wonderful things to tell my family and friends upon my return to the United States! Thank you RACS for the fantastic volunteer internship opportunity! 32 | Annual Report
A total of 366 volunteers assisted RACS this year The sustained impact on RACS of the professionalism, willingness to learn and patience of each volunteer as they support our solicitors in a complex system, the community support and networks that they bring with them, and the positive ambassadorship on asylum seeker issues that they are then able contribute to their own communities is priceless To put a dollar value on their support is hard but we estimated RACS was provided a total of $896,000 in volunteer support Refugee Advice and Casework Service | 33
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