When seeking legal advice or assistance, it can seem overwhelming to know where to start. The below organisations may be able to provide you with low cost or free legal advice or point you in the right direction.
Location: 321-325 King William Street, Adelaide Website: www.alrm.org.au Telephone: 1800 643 222 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Criminal Law, Compensation, Child Protection and Family Law for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across South Australia
Location: Level 23, 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide Website: accessiblejustice.org.au Telephone: (08) 8115 4270 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Debt recovery, property, contesting wills and estates, contracts and negligence
Location: Adelaide Law School, Ligertwood Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Website: law.adelaide.edu.au/free-legal-clinics/adelaide-legal-outreach-service Telephone: (08) 8313 7496 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Child support, Family Law, fines, contract issues and Criminal Law
Location: 183 Archer Street, North Adelaide SA 5006 Website: advocacyfordisability.org.au Telephone: (08) 8340 4450 or Freecall: 1800 856 464 (Country callers) Area of Law: Advocacy support for people living disability, including NDIS appeals to the Administrative Review Tribunal
Location: 159 Gawler Place, Adelaide Website: lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pages/childsupporthelp.php Telephone: (08) 8111 5576 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Child support, paternity disputes, child and spousal maintenance
Location: 40 Beach Road, Christies Beach Website: www.communityjusticesa.org.au Telephone: 1300 850 650 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Civil, Criminal and Family Law
Location: Adelaide Law School, Ligertwood Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Website: law.adelaide.edu.au/free-legal-clinics/equal-opportunity-legal-advice-service Telephone: (08 =) 8313 7496 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Discrimination, harassment and victimisation, assistance in drafting legal documentation, preparation for conciliation and Tribunal Hearings
Location: 3 Angas Street, Adelaide Website: lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pages/family_law_dls.php Telephone: (08) 8111 5300 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Family Law
Location: 26 Jervois Street, Port Augusta, 89 Liverpool Street, Port Lincoln 17 McKenzie Street, Ceduna Website: www.fvlsac.org.au/ Telephone: 1800 111 052 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Area of Law: Intervention Orders, Child Protection, Family Law and legal advice to victims/survivors of family violence and/or sexual assault for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Spencer Gulf and West Coast Regions of South Australia
Location: Level 3B, Mark Oliphant Building, 5 Laffer Drive, Bedford Park Website: www.flinders.edu.au/engage/community/clinics/flinders-legal-centre Telephone: (08) 7421 9985 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Financial loans and debt, employment, relationships, car accidents, setting up a business, insurance, building and construction and accommodation
Website: www.justicenet.org.au Telephone: (08) 8410 2280 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Pro bono assistance for civil matters, homelessness, judicial reviews for refugees and asylum seekers and assistance with self-representation
Location: 159 Gawler Place, Adelaide Website: lsc.sa.gov.au Telephone: 1300 366 424 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Preliminary information restricted to a client's basic legal rights
Location: Adelaide Law School, Ligertwood Building, University of Adelaide, North Terrace Website: law.adelaide.edu.au/free-legal-clinics/magistrates-court-legal-advice-service Telephone: (08) 8204 2444 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Providing legal advice, drafting court documents, lodging a claim, explaining court processes, managing your own claim, alternative dispute resolution options and referral to other relevant agencies.
Location:26 John Street, Salisbury Website: northernlegal.org.au Telephone: 1300 558 555 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Civil, Criminal and Family Law
Location: Level 5, 333 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (Refugee Advocacy Service of South Australia merged with Refugee Legal in 2022) Website: refugeelegal.org.au/get-help/get-help-southaustralia Telephone: (03) 8413 0100 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Migration assistance to asylum seekers including TPV/SHEV Visas, people impacted by the crises in Afghanistan and Israel/Gaza including people from Lebanon and surrounding countries, and refugees/mirgrants experiencing family violence
Location: Norwood Library, 110 The Parade Norwood (by appointment only) Website: lsc.sa.gov.au/organisation_details.php?organisation_id=1001 Telephone: (08) 8362 1199 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Legal advice and referral, promotion of human rights and Aboriginal Reconciliation, and volunteer opportunities - including Centrelink Activity Agreement, legal training placements and work experience placements by negotiation
Location: 3/43 Franklin Street, Adelaide SA 5000 Website: www.unitingcommunities.org/service/legal-services Telephone: (08) 8202 5960 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: General legal support, credit and debt, family law and child support, Centrelink, NDIS, community and neighbourhood mediation, elder abuse, Youth Law and Litigation Guardian Program
Location: UniSA City West Campus, Level 1, Lewis O'Brien Building, Corner of George and Hindley Street, Adelaide Website: unisa.edu.au/legal-advice-clinic Telephone: (08) 8302 7436 Area of Law: Criminal and Family Law, debt claims, car accidents, tenancy and neighbour disputes
Location: 171 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide Flinders Arcade, 72 Ellen Street, Port Pirie, Website: westsidelawyers.com.au Telephone: (08) 8340 9009 Email: Enquiry Form Area of Law: Civil, Criminal and Family Law for people in Adelaide’s West and SA’s Mid-North and Outback Regions
Location: 159 Gawler Place, Adelaide Website: wdvcas.lsc.sa.gov.au Telephone: 1800 246 642 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Intervention orders, including liaising with police on breaches of intervention orders, tenancies and relevant SACAT applications, and domestic/family violence
Location: Level 7/45 Grenfell Street, Adelaide Website: www.wlssa.org.au Telephone: 1800 816 346 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: Domestic violence, Family Law, Child Protection, Immigration, debt recovery, Aboriginal and Torrens Strait Islander Women's Program, and services for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Location: 52 Hindley Street, Adelaide Website: wwcsa.org.au Telephone: (08) 8410 6499 Email: [email protected] Area of Law: free legal advice about workplace issues, including but not limited to wage theft, sexual harassment, parental leave, workplace bullying and discrimination for women and gender diverse individuals
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