Children's law

Queensland Law Society (QLS) provides resources on children’s law issues for practitioners. Children’s law affects practice areas such as family, criminal and international law and access to justice issues.

Resources include:

QLS Children’s Law policy positions paper.
The views in this paper guide our stand on individual issues triggered by proposed legislative changes and current affairs.
These policy positions aim to:
- set out the primary considerations that QLS committees should take into account when responding to policy and law reform issues affecting children and young people; and
- provide an opportunity for other QLS committees to discuss these matters with the Children’s Law Committee if there are any departures from these policy positions.
Representation principles for children’s lawyers (Law Society of NSW)
Childrens Court Of Queensland
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Resources and reports issued by the Queensland Children’s Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian

Organisations dealing with children’s law issues include: