Low Cost and Free Legal Advice

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.

Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement

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

Accessible Justice Project

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

Adelaide Legal Outreach Service

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

Advocacy for Disability Access and Inclusion Inc

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

Child Support Advice

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

Community Justice Services SA

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

Equal Opportunity Legal Advice Service

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

Family Advocacy and Support Service

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

Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation

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]
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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

Flinders Legal Centre

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

JusticeNet SA

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

Legal Services Commission

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

Magistrates Court Legal Advice Service

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.

Northern Community Legal

Location:26 John Street, Salisbury
Website: northernlegal.org.au
Telephone: 1300 558 555
Email: [email protected]
Area of Law: Civil, Criminal and Family Law

Refugee Legal

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

Roma Mitchell Community Legal Centre

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

Uniting Communities Legal Centre

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

University of South Australia Legal Advice Clinic

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

Westside Community Lawyers

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

Women's Domestic Violence Court Assistance Service

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

Women's Legal Service

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

Working Women's Centre

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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