MEDIA STATEMENT: Law Week 2025: Strengthening Communities through Justice 

Law Week 2025: Strengthening Communities through Justice 

• The Crisafulli Government recognises justice and legal professionals and volunteers during 2025 Queensland Law Week.
• The focus for Queensland Law Week in 2025 is ‘Strengthening Communities through Justice’.
• Queensland Legal Walks will be held tomorrow, raising funds for pro bono services. 

Today marks the start of Law Week, with Queensland celebrating the important role the justice system plays in strengthening communities across the State. 

Law Week (19-25 May) is marked nationally each year, to raise awareness of the many ways the law touches people’s lives. 

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Deb Frecklington said the focus on strengthening communities was particularly important in Queensland, which has the most decentralised population of any mainland state. 

“Queensland’s justice system provides essential frontline services from 119 locations and 87 courthouses across the length and breadth of the State, which is just extraordinary,” the Attorney-General said. 

“The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland, with new laws to make our communities safer, and ensuring there is faster access to justice through courthouse upgrades, with victims’ cases able to be heard sooner. 

“But central to all of this are the dedicated court staff, legal professionals and volunteers - from Thursday Island in the north, Birdsville in the west, Coolangatta in the south, and right down the East Coast. 

“Together they provide the community with access to services that allow our society to function, whether it’s a court hearing, getting documents signed by a justice of the peace, support for victims of crime, or even potentially life-saving referrals to domestic and family violence services. 

“I want to thank everyone who contributes to strengthening Queensland communities through the role they play in our justice system.” 

Queensland Legal Walk events to mark Law Week are being held in Brisbane, Cairns, Toowoomba, Townsville, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Mt Tamborine tomorrow (20 May) in support of LawRight. 

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MEDIA CONTACT: Rebecca Nardi 0475 688 124