Other Community Legal Centres

Community legal centres (CLCs) are independent, non-profit community organisations that provide free legal services to the public. Community legal centres provide referral, advice and assistance for people living in a geographic area .These services are provided free of charge.  Most centres receive funds from a variety of sources including state and federal governments and philanthropic organisations, but some receive no or very little funding and are staffed entirely by volunteers. CLC services include information and advice; casework and minor assistance; representation and advocacy; community legal education; policy and law reform. Each CLC may offer difference services, depending on the needs of the community.

The Federation supports two types of community legal centres generalist Community Legal Centres and LCs and specialist CLCs.

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 Generalist:  Community Legal centres provide general legal services to people in their local geographical area and can be found in metropolitan Melbourne, and in Rural, Regional&Remote Victoria.

Specialist:  Community Legal Centres focus on particular groups of people or areas of the law.