Who can get legal advice?
We focus on giving legal advice to people who need it most, including people who: • are socially and economically disadvantaged • can’t get help from a private lawyer • don’t have any other way to get legal help. We give free legal advice on a range of matters but give priority to people who need advice on: • criminal matters (especially those in custody or facing serious changes, or when a young person has been charged) • family breakdown matters (especially matters involving children) • family violence • some civil and human rights matters (including social security, debt, mental health, immigration and refugee, guardianship and anti-discrimination matters) • serious traffic offences and infringement fines. We don’t give legal advice about financial or business matters, such as taxation or commercial law, buying property, superannuation law, or intellectual property law. Contact the VLA Legal Information Service to find out if we can give you free legal advice about your matter. If w
