After impressing her internship supervisors at Law Access, UWA Communications, Media and Marketing student Rachel Darma has continued as a casual employee of the legal non-profit.
During her McCusker Centre for Citizenship Summer internship, Rachel worked on producing animated video resources for the Law Access website.
“I was tasked with creating four videos related to what Law Access would like to communicate to both lawyers and clients,
“These videos are primarily informative and are used as tutorials, which means they align with my Communications passion and major,” Rachel said.
“There are people who cannot afford lawyers, and Law Access is giving these people opportunities by establishing a bridge between them and lawyers who do pro-bono and voluntary work,” she said.
Law Access CEO, Alana Dowley, said Rachel produced a very high-quality product that was exactly on-brief.
“Rachel worked largely independently on this project. She was very keen to engage with Law Access, to understand our business and produce a perfectly tailored product of exceptional quality.”
After proving the quality of her work during the internship, Rachel was brought on board as a casual employee to create additional video resources on trauma-informed practice in law.
Rachel said that, as an international student, the McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship program, and being matched with Law Access, had provided a well-supported opportunity to gain professional experience in Australia.
“My goal is to work in design and communication, and the task Law Access had given me ticked both boxes,” Rachel said.
“The McCusker Centre for Citizenship internship was a good starting point, because it paired me with a non-profit organisation, with an internship role that I was suited to,
“The internship gave me the opportunity to polish my professional creative skills, as well as soft skills like time-management, adaptability, problem-solving and more,”
Rachel’s videos are now available alongside other resources on the Law Access website, including a self-care booklet for lawyers that was recently produced by students undertaking the Approaches to Wicked Problems unit through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship.