R U Legal? Program Bookings
Legal Aid WA’s R U Legal? Program is a free community legal education program for young people, parents and caregivers, educators and community groups across Western Australia.
Developed by experienced criminal lawyers and delivered by Legal Aid lawyers and legal staff, this engaging program provides participants with information about the criminal justice system, common offences that impact young people, and rights of young people when dealing with the police.
Please read the following information prior to making a booking enquiry.
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Booking requests for the remainder of the year have closed and we are now taking requests for 2026.
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Bookings for R U Legal? are available to schools, parents and caregivers, educators and community groups. While we try our best to accommodate all requests, we prioritise requests for legal education sessions to Legal Aid WA core client groups and communities experiencing disadvantage.
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Our R U Legal? program is available in Perth Metropolitan areas and some major regional areas depending on location and number of sessions requested. If you are seeking a booking for a regional area, please include this information in your booking enquiry.
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R U Legal? content is suitable for school year groups 4–12.
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High school booking requests: All sessions include 'What is R U Legal?', 'Young People and the Law', and 'Police, Transit and Security' topics. You can nominate up to three other topics you would like our presenters to focus on. Topics can be found here.
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An education session runs for approximately 60 minutes. If you require longer or shorter sessions, please include this information in your booking enquiry.
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We can deliver a maximum of 4 sessions per day, with a maximum of 400 participants per session. For high school bookings, you can nominate different topics for different sessions.
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If you are seeking multiple bookings in one day, please consider scheduling consecutive presentations and combining whole year groups together where possible.
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To ensure we can reach as many school as possible, we ask that requests for multiple sessions occur over one day.
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Should we be unable to accommodate your preferred date(s) and time(s), we will work with you to try to find alternatives.