Our services

Our Help Before Court service can help you prepare for court if you have criminal charges.

Our duty lawyers can help you at courts and tribunals across Victoria.

1300 MOB VLA is our legal helpline for First Nations people. We provide free, confidential and culturally safe legal help.

If you are in prison, we can help you find legal information and resources, ask for a lawyer to give you advice, or make a complaint about us.

Our Pre-Court Engagement Service for family violence matters can provide you with legal advice and support to try and resolve your matter up to two weeks before your court date.

Our service helps parents going through a separation or divorce to resolve their family law disputes.

If you have experienced, used or are alleged to have used family violence, we can provide you with a duty lawyer and social support workers.

Independent Family Advocacy and Support is a service that provides non-legal advocacy and support to parents and primary carers who are involved in the child protection system at the early stages.

Independent Mental Health Advocacy provides information, support and advocacy to assist people to have a say in their treatment, care and recovery.

The Mental Health Legal Rights Service Helpline is staffed by lawyers to provide free legal advice and information about your mental health legal rights. We can also connect you to more free legal support, which may include legal representation at the Mental Health Tribunal.

Our Remand Support Service supports the immediate non-legal needs of people in custody. It works alongside our remand duty lawyer service at the Melbourne Custody Centre.

Our Equality Law Program provides provides free legal information and advice to people who have experienced sexual harassment or discrimination in the workplace.

Independent Family Advocacy and Support is a service that provides non-legal advocacy and support to parents and primary carers who are involved in the child protection system at the early stages.

If you have experienced, used or are alleged to have used family violence, we can provide you with a duty lawyer and social support workers.

The Victims Legal Service provides free legal advice and support to people who have suffered injury or loss because of a crime.

We provide legal education and resources to help build knowledge in the community about legal rights and responsibilities.

Our library is one of the only specialist law libraries open to all members of the public.