Community legal centres
Community legal centres
Web: www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au
Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria
Level 3, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9652 1501
Email: administration@fclc.org.au
Web: www.fclc.org.au
The Federation is the peak body for community legal centres in Victoria.
AED Legal Centre
Level 9, 45 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9639 4333
Email: aedlegal@aed.org.au
Web: www.aed.org.au
AED assists people with disability who have employment and education-related legal problems.
The Animal Law Institute
Suite 34, 139 Cardigan Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Email: info@ali.org.au
Web: www.ali.org.au
The Animal Law Institute is a national community legal centre that is dedicated to protecting animals and advocating for their interests through the legal system.
ARC Justice: Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre
Suite 1, 1 High Street, Shepparton Vic 3630
Tel: 5831 0900; 1800 310 900
Web: www.arcjustice.org.au
This CLC assists people who live in Benalla, Greater Shepparton, Mansfield, parts of the Mitchell Shire, Moira and Strathbogie.
ARC Justice: Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre
171 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Vic 3550
Tel: 5445 0909; 1800 450 909
Web: www.arcjustice.org.au
This CLC assists people who live in central Victoria, including Bendigo, Loddon, Campaspe, Mt Alexander, Central Goldfields, and parts of the Macedon Ranges.
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC)
ASRC – Footscray office (head office)
214–218 Nicholson Street, Footscray Vic 3011
Tel: 9326 6066
Email: admin@asrc.org.au
Web: www.asrc.org.au
ASRC – Dandenong office (refugee resource hub)
205 Thomas Street, Dandenong Vic 3175
Tel: 8772 1380
Email: rrh-admin@asrc.org.au
At the ASRC, lawyers provide free, expert immigration and legal representation to people seeking asylum. The ASRC’s lawyers can help people at all stages of the refugee determination process.
Ballarat and Grampians Community Legal Service
5 Chancery Lane, Ballarat Vic 3350
Tel: 5331 5999; 1800 466 488
Email: reception@bgcls.org.au
Web: www.bgcls.org.au
Barwon Community Legal Service
Level 1, 63 Thomson Street, Belmont Vic 3216
Tel: 1300 430 599
Email: bcls@barwoncls.org.au
Web: www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au
Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC)
Suites 2–4, 30–32 East Esplanade, St Albans Vic 3021
Tel: 8592 9077
Email: legal@comm-unityplus.org.au
Web: www.comm-unityplus.org.au/legal-services/
community-legal-centre
The BMCLC assists people who live, work or study in
Bacchus Marsh, Brimbank or Melton.
Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC)
Tel (legal advice line): 1800 466 477 (Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, 10 am to 1 pm)
Tel (workers legal advice line): 9602 3326 (10 am to 1 pm
Monday to Friday; 2 pm to 5 pm Monday, Thursday and
Friday; 3 pm to 5 pm Wednesday)
Tel (Koori help line): 1800 574 457 (10 am to 1 pm, and
2 pm to 5 pm, Monday to Friday)
Web: www.consumeraction.org.au
CALC is a specialist community legal centre that provides
free legal advice to Victorians with fair trading or consumer
finance problems.
Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS)
Ross House, Level 2, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000
Tel: 9654 8644; 1300 882 872 (rural callers)
Email: info@ddls.org.au
Web: www.ddls.org.au
The DDLS is a state-wide community legal centre that
specialises in disability discrimination matters.
Djirra: Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service
Tel: 1800 105 303
Email: info@djirra.org.au
Web: www.djirra.org.au
Djirra – Melbourne office (head office)
292 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford Vic 3067
Tel: 9244 3333
Djirra’s Melbourne office services metropolitan Melbourne.
Djirra – Bairnsdale office
Tel: 5153 2322
Djirra’s Bairnsdale office services all of Gippsland.
Djirra – Bendigo office
52 Queen Street, Bendigo Vic 3550
Tel: 4435 0500
Djirra – Echuca office
Tel: 4411 7200
Djirra – Mildura office
151 Langtree Avenue, Mildura Vic 3500
Tel: 5021 3200
Djirra’s Mildura office services Mildura, Robinvale and Wentworth.
Djirra – Morwell office
246 Commercial Road, Morwell Vic 3840
Tel: 5100 1700
Djirra’s Morwell office services the Latrobe Valley.
Djirra – Warrnambool office
125A Kepler Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280
Tel: 5562 5755
Djirra’s Warrnambool office services Framlingham, Geelong, Hamilton, Heywood, Portland and Warrnambool.
Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC)
ECLC – Box Hill office (head office)
Suite 3, Town Hall Hub, 27 Bank Street, Box Hill Vic 3128
Tel: 1300 325 200
Email: eclc@eclc.org.au
Web: www.eclc.org.au
Outreach: Ashburton, Bulleen, Deakin University, Hawthorn, and Ringwood Magistrates’ Court
The ECLC Box Hill office assists people who live, work or
study in Boroondara, Manningham or Whitehorse.
ECLC – Boronia office
Suite B, 6 Floriston Road, Boronia Vic 3155
Tel: 1300 325 200
Outreach: Ringwood Family Relationships Centre,
Ringwood Magistrates’ Court and Rowville
The ECLC Boronia office assists people who live, work or
study in Knox or Maroondah.
ECLC – Healesville office
At Healesville Community Link,
110 River Street, Healesville Vic 3777
Tel: 1300 325 200
Outreach: Lilydale, Monbulk, Ringwood Magistrates’ Court
and Yarra Junction
The ECLC Healesville office assists people who live, work
or study in the Yarra Ranges.
Emma House Domestic Violence Services
131–133 Kepler Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280
Tel: 1800 366 238
Email: www.emmahouse.org.au
Outreach: Camperdown, Hamilton, Portland and Terang
Environmental Justice Australia (EJA)
Level 3, the 60L Green Building,
60 Leicester Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Tel: 8341 3100; 1300 336 842
Email: admin@envirojustice.org.au
Web: www.envirojustice.org.au
EJA is a not-for-profit legal practice that uses litigation
and advocacy to protect nature.
First Step Legal
42 Carlisle Street, St Kilda Vic 3182
Tel: 9537 3177
Email: info@firststep.org.au
Web: www.firststep.org.au
First Step is a not-for-profit mental health, addiction and legal services hub.
Fitzroy Legal Service (FLS)
FLS – Fitzroy office
Level 4, Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier Street,
Fitzroy Vic 3065
(Access is via the laneway and courtyard behind the Fitzroy Library, 126 Moor Street, Fitzroy.)
Tel: 9419 3744
Web: www.fls.org.au
FLS – Reservoir office
279 Spring Street, Reservoir Vic 3073
(Access is via the walkway next to the Reservoir Library,
23 Edwardes Street, Reservoir.)
Tel: 9419 3744
Gippsland Community Legal Service (GCLS)
190 Commercial Road, Morwell Vic 3840
Tel: 5135 9550; 1800 004 402
Email: gcls@anglicarevic.org.au
Web: www.gcls.org.au
The GCLS assists people who live, work or study in Gippsland (including the Bass Coast, Baw Baw, East Gippsland, the Latrobe Valley, South Gippsland and Wellington).
Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre
(see ARC Justice)
Human Rights Law Centre
Level 17, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 8636 4450
Email: admin@hrlc.org.au
Web: www.hrlc.org.au
Hume Riverina Community Legal Service (HRCLS)
Level 1, 9 Stanley Street, Wodonga Vic 3690
Tel: (02) 6055 8090; 1800 918 377
Web: www.hrcls.org.au
The HRCLS assists people who live in north-east Victoria.
inTouch Legal Centre (iTLC)
Tel: 9413 6500
Email: admin@intouch.org.au; legal@intouch.org.au
Web: www.intouch.org.au/intouch-legal-centre/
iTLC provides legal advice and assistance to people receiving family violence case management support from the inTouch Multicultural Centre against Family Violence.
Inner Melbourne Community Legal
2/508 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne Vic 3051
Tel: 9328 1885; 9376 4355
Email: fklegal@fkclc.org.au
Web: www.flemkenlegal.org
This centre, which arose from a merger of Flemington Kensington Community Legal and Inner Melbourne Comunity Legal, provides services to people who live, work or study in Flemington or Kensington. Its office at
22 Bellair Street, Kensington, is closed for renovation.
JobWatch
Level 10, 21 Victoria Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 9662 1933 (callers from metro Melbourne);
1800 331 617 (callers from rural Victoria)
Web: www.jobwatch.org.au
JobWatch is an employment rights legal centre.
Justice Connect
Level 17, 461 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 8636 4400
Web: www.justiceconnect.org.au
Justice Connect provides access to justice through pro bono legal work. Justice Connect has the following services: Homeless Law, Seniors Law, Domestic Building Legal Service, and Not-for-profit Law.
Law and Advocacy Centre for Women
RMIT University, Building 152, Level 1,
147–155 Pelham Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Tel: 9448 8930
Email: info@lacw.org.au
Web: www.lacw.org.au
Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre
(see ARC Justice)
Mallee Family Care Community Legal Centre
Haselgrove House, 122 Ninth Street, Mildura Vic 3500
Tel: 5023 5966; 1800 243 002
Email: clc@malleefamilycare.com.au
Web: www.mfclegalcentre.com.au
Outreach (Victoria): Kerang, Robinvale and Swan Hill
Mental Health Legal Centre (MHLC)
Suite 2, Level 2, 491–495 King Street,
West Melbourne Vic 3003
Tel: 9629 4422
Email: mhlc@mhlc.org.au
Web: www.mhlc.org.au
The MHLC provides a free and confidential legal service to anyone who has experienced mental illness in Victoria where their legal problem relates to their mental illness.
Monash Law Clinics
Tel: 1800 860 333
Email: law-clinics@monash.edu
Web: www.monashlawclinics.com.au
Monash Law Clinics – Clayton office
60 Beddoe Avenue, Clayton Vic 3168
Monash Law Clinics – Melbourne CBD office
Level 11, 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Moonee Valley Legal Service (MVLS)
13A Wingate Avenue, Ascot Vale Vic 3032
Tel: 9376 7929
Email: admin@mvls.org.au
Web: www.mvls.org.au
Outreach: Avondale Heights, Flemington, Moonee Ponds
and Niddrie
The MVLS assists people who live, work or study in the Murray Mallee region of north-west Victoria (Buloke, Gannawarra, Hindmarsh, Loddon, Mildura, Swan Hill and Yarriambiack).
Northern Community Legal Centre
Level 3, Building 2, 1100 Pascoe Vale Road,
Broadmeadows Vic 3047
Tel: 9310 4376
Email: admin@northernclc.org.au
Web: www.northernclc.org.au
Peninsula Community Legal Centre (PCLC)
PCLC – Frankston office (head office)
441 Nepean Highway, Frankston Vic 3199
Tel: 9783 3600; 1800 064 784
Email: pclc@pclc.org.au
Web: www.pclc.org.au
PCLC – Bentleigh office
751 Centre Road, East Bentleigh Vic 3165
PCLC – Cranbourne office
65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne East Vic 3977
PCLC – Rosebud office
1375 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud Vic 3940
Q+Law
Victoria Pride Centre, 79–81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
Vic 3182
Tel: 9968 1002
Email: qlawadmin@fls.org.au
Web: www.fls.org.au/how-we-can-help/qlaw/
Outreach: Queerspace, Carlton; Your Community Health, Reservoir East
Q+Law is a partnership between Fitzroy Legal Service
and Queerspace. It provides free legal advice for and by
LGBTIQA+ people.
Refugee Legal
Level 5, 333 Exhibition Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel (admin): 9413 0101
Tel (legal advice line): 9413 0100 (Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 am to 2 pm)
Email: refugeelegal@refugeelegal.org.au
Web: www.refugeelegal.org.au
Refugee Legal provides free specialist legal assistance to people seeking asylum, to refugees and to disadvantaged migrants.
Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV)
Level 2, Suite 2.5, 424 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic 3004
Tel: 9655 2129
Email: info@seniorsrights.org.au
Web: www.seniorsrights.org.au
The SRV legal team offers legal advice on matters specifically related to ageing, such as elder abuse, exploitation and discrimination of older people.
Social Security Rights Victoria (SSRV)
Level 4, Fitzroy Town Hall,
201 Napier Street, Fitzroy Vic 3065
(Access via the laneway and courtyard behind the Fitzroy Library, 126 Moor Street, Fitzroy)
Tel: (general enquiries) 9481 0299
Tel: (legal assistance) 9481 0355
Tel: (legal assistance, rural callers) 1800 094 164
Web: www.ssrv.org.au
SSRV is a community legal centre that specialises in
social security (i.e. Centrelink) issues.
South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS)
SMLS – Springvale office
5 Osborne Avenue, Springvale Vic 3171
Tel: 9545 7400
Email: info@smls.com.au
Web: www.smls.com.au
SMLS – Narre Warren office
Suite 1, Level 2, 64 Victor Crescent,
Narre Warren Vic 3805
Tel: 9038 8002
Email: info_narrewarren@smls.com.au
SouthPort Community Legal Service (SPCLS)
154 Liardet Street, Port Melbourne Vic 3207
Tel: 9646 6066
Email: principal@southportcls.com.au
Web: www.southportcls.com.au
Southside Justice
118A Carlisle Street, St Kilda Vic 3182
Tel: 7037 3200
Email: info@southsidejustice.org.au
Web: www.southsidejustice.org.au
Tenants Victoria
Tel (renter support line): 9416 2577 (Monday to Friday,
9.30 am to 1.30 pm)
Tel (admin): 9411 1444
Email: admin@tenantsvic.org.au
Web: www.tenantsvic.org.au
Tenants Victoria helps tenants with their tenancy issues and assists individuals to use their tenancy rights.
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
VALS – Melbourne office (head office)
273 High Street, Preston Vic 3072
Tel: 9418 5999
Tel: 1800 064 865
Email: vals@vals.org.au
Web: www.vals.org.au
VALS provides legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who need help with a criminal, family or civil law matter.
VALS – Ballarat office
32C Doveton Street North, Ballarat Central Vic 3350
Tel: 0400 118 392
VALS – Bendigo office
279 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Vic 3550
Tel: 1800 064 865
VALS – Mildura office
81 Pine Avenue, Mildura Vic 3500
Tel: 0491 176 546
VALS – Morwell office
150 Commercial Road, Morwell Vic 3840
Tel: 1800 064 865
VALS – Shepparton office
Unit 3, 262 Maude Street, Shepparton Vic 3630
Tel: 0490 884 944
VALS – Swan Hill office
109 Campbell Street, Swan Hill Vic 3585
Tel: 0490 119 097
VALS – Warrnambool office
173 Lava Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280
Tel: 0491 176 545
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
224 La Trobe Terrace, Geelong West Vic 3218
Tel (admin): 5260 1845
Tel (legal advice line): 1800 014 111
Web: www.villamanta.org.au
Villamanta is a specialist disability legal service, only available for people with legal issues related to their disability.
West Heidelberg Community Legal Service
21 Alamein Road, West Heidelberg Vic 3081
Tel: 9450 2002
Email: whclegal@bchs.org.au
Web: www.bchs.org.au/services/whclegal/
Westjustice: Western Community Legal Centre
Westjustice – Footscray office
Workspace 365, Level 2, 90 Maribyrnong Street,
Footscray Vic 3011
Tel: 9749 7720
Email: admin@westjustice.org.au
Web: www.westjustice.org.au
Westjustice – Sunshine office
At the Visy Cares Hub, 80B Harvester Road,
Sunshine Vic 3020
Tel: 9749 7720
Westjustice – Werribee office
Level 1, 8 Watton Street, Werribee Vic 3030
Tel: 9749 7720
Whittlesea Community Connections: Community Legal Service
Shop 111, Pacific Epping,
571–583 High Street, Epping Vic 3076
Tel: 9401 6666
Email: admin@whittleseacc.org.au
Web: www.whittleseacommunityconnections.org.au/
community-services/community-legal-services/
Provides services for people who live, work or study in the City of Whittlesea.
Women’s Legal Service Victoria
Level 10, 277 William Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 8622 0600; 1800 133 302
Email: admin@womenslegal.org.au
Web: www.womenslegal.org.au
Provides free legal services to women in Victoria.
Youthlaw: Young People’s Legal Rights Centre
147–155 Pelham Street, Carlton Vic 3053
Tel: 9113 9500
Email: info@youthlaw.asn.au
Web: www.youthlaw.asn.au
Youthlaw provides free legal advice for people aged under 25 years old.
Young Workers Centre: Legal Centre
Tel: 1800 714 754
Web: www.youngworkers.org.au/legal_centre
Provides advice and assistance to young people about their rights at work.
Victoria Legal Aid
Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is a government-funded
agency set up to ensure that people who cannot
afford to pay a private lawyer can get help with their
legal problems.
VLA provides:
- free legal information for all Victorians;
- free legal advice for people who meet the
eligibility criteria; - duty lawyers in most courts and tribunals;
- family dispute resolution for disadvantaged
families and children, and other specialist
resolution and advocacy services; - legal assistance grants for people who meet the
eligibility criteria.
VLA can help people with a range of legal problems
including those relating to criminal matters,
family separation, family violence, mental health
and discrimination. For more information about the
services that VLA provide, see Chapter 2.2: How
legal aid can help.
Victoria Legal Aid – Melbourne metro (head office)
Level 9, 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000
Tel: 1300 792 387
Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au
VLA suburban offices
Broadmeadows
Level 1, Building 1, Broadmeadows Station Centre,
1100 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows Vic 3047
Tel: 9302 8777
Dandenong
14 Mason Street, Dandenong Vic 3175
Tel: 9767 7111
Frankston
Cnr O’Grady Avenue and Dandenong Road,
Frankston Vic 3199
Tel: 9784 5222
Ringwood
23 Ringwood Street, Ringwood Vic 3134
Tel: 9259 5444
Sunshine
Level 1, 474 Ballarat Road, Sunshine Vic 3020
Tel: 9300 5333
VLA regional offices
Bairnsdale
87A Main Street, Bairnsdale Vic 3875
Tel: 5153 6444
Ballarat
106 Market Street, Ballarat Vic 3350
Tel: 5329 6222; 1800 081 719
Bendigo
424 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo Vic 3550
Tel: 5448 2333; 1800 254 500
Geelong
Level 2, 199 Moorabool Street, Geelong Vic 3220
Tel: 5226 5666; 1800 196 200
Horsham
29 Darlot Street, Horsham Vic 3400
Tel: 5381 6000; 1800 177 638
Mildura
137 Thirteenth Street, Mildura Vic 3500
Tel: 5055 4001
Morwell
4 Chapel Street, Morwell Vic 3840
Tel: 5126 6444
Shepparton
320–322 Wyndham Street, Shepparton Vic 3630
Tel: 5823 6200
Warrnambool
185 Fairy Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280
Tel: 5559 7222; 1800 651 022
Duty lawyers
VLA provides duty lawyers at many courts and tribunals across Victoria. This service is free. However, duty lawyers do not represent everyone.
Call VLA’s Legal Help (free legal advice phone line) on 1300 792 387 before your court date to find out if a duty lawyer can help you and what assistance they can provide.
Fitzroy Legal Service offers a duty lawyer service at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court for Family Violence Intervention Order matters on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Fitzroy Legal Service assists
clients on a duty lawyer basis for Family Violence Intervention Orders at Neighbourhood Justice Centre in Collingwood on Tuesdays. Contact Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court or the Neighbourhood Justice Centre for more information:
Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court
Tel: 9087 6115
Email: hmc@courts.vic.gov.au
Web: www.mcv.vic.gov.au/court/heidelberg-magistratescourt
Neighbourhood Justice Centre
Tel: 9087 5739
Email: njc@courts.vic.gov.au
Web: www.neighbourhoodjustice.vic.gov.au
For more information about duty lawyers, see ‘Duty lawyers’ in Chapter 2.2: How legal aid can help.
