Be part of Victorian Law Week

To be accepted into the Victorian Law Week program, your event must:

• Take place within Victoria
• Improve the Victorian community’s understanding of the law or the legal system
• Be designed for individuals or small businesses
• Be open to the public.

The full event criteria can be found on the get ready page.

We take your privacy seriously. When collecting and storing information as part of Victorian Law Week, we will follow the principals set out in our privacy statement.

This information will be displayed on your event listing in the program and in promotional material.

Victorian Law Week theme

This year, we are developing our program into some general everyday law themes. Let us know which theme your topic fits best into or if it is unique add some extra detail.

Our themes for 2023 are:

• House and home
• Consumer goods and services
• Rights, infringements, entitlements
• Family and relationships
• Learning about the legal sector

Event title

Make your event catchy and easy to understand. Make sure you use terminology that your target audience understands. For example, the term ‘elder abuse’ may be understood by aged care workers, but not necessarily by older people themselves.

We might adjust your event name if we think it’ll encourage more people to come to your event. We’ll let you know if we do this.

Event description (150 words max)

Tell us about your event and the people you are running it for. What will attendees learn about the law or the legal system by attending your event? We might edit your blurb for clarity. We’ll let you know if we do this.

When writing your blurb, it helps to consider your target audience:

• Is the language appropriate?
• What will make them want to attend your event?
• Does your event sound enticing?

Consider your choice of words. It’s easy to assume that the language you use every day is generally understood, but that’s not always the case. For example, ‘family law’ is an industry term, while words such as ‘divorce’ or ‘relationship breakdown’ are much more easily understood by much of the community.

Event date and time

Most events run on a specific day during Victorian Law Week. However, If your event runs across multiple days, let us know. If you know the start and end time of your event add it here.

If your event details change after registration, or you have additional details you can update your listing by contacting us.

Event format

Are you running the event in-person, online live or pre-recorded.

Venue name and address

If running an in-person event, let us know where.

Image

We’ll use this image to promote your event. Choose an image that illustrates your event subject matter, or perhaps reflects your target audience.

Here are our image guidelines:

• No logos
• You have the rights to use the image
• Dimensions: 1200 x 900 pixels (4:3)
• Files must be less than 10MB
• Format: JPG or PNG

We are committed to access and inclusion for all people. We strongly encourage Victorian Law Week Event Organisers to consider what they can do to enable full participation by all people in their event.

We recommend that you consider The City of Melbourne's Customer Access Checklists for Events and Festivals‍

‍Please list the accessibility measures you will have in place.

• Auslan interpreters
• Closed captioning
• Transcripts
• Hearing loop
• Language translators
• Wheelchair accessibility

Each Event Organiser is responsible for the ticketing and booking of their event. We ask you to provide the best way people will reserve their place or book tickets to the event.

We ask for ways to get in touch with your primary contact in case we have questions about your event registration.

We’ll ask about each organisation involved in your event. That means, if you’re jointly running an event, we’d like you to list all the organisations, and their social media details.

Why social media?

We ask for your website and social media URLs so we can tag you in our Victorian Law Week campaign. Using links to your website and social media, people will be able to find you more easily.

These contact details will be displayed in your event listing on our online program. It’s there so that people can contact you if they have questions about your event.

The public contact may be the Event Organiser or an alternative contact person.