Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The legal services listed in this section are a sample of collaborations between legal and non-legal services, where community lawyers meet vulnerable clients in a community organisation or space to provide advice and assistance. Contact your local community legal centre or Legal Aid Commission for more information about current services.


Darwin Community Legal Service

www.dcls.org.au

Freecall: 1800 812 953
Phone: 08 8982 1111
Fax: 08 8982 1112
Outreach at Palmerston Library, Casuarina Library and Darwin City.

Specialist services for homelessness, tenancy, aged and disability advocacy/rights, welfare rights, disability discrimination, and credit and debt.


Top End Women’s Legal Service Inc

www.tewls.org.au

Freecall: 1800 234 441
Phone: 08 8982 3000
Fax: 08 8941 9935
Email: admin@tewls.org.au

Outreach services in various locations for women

Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Incorporated (CAALAS)
www.caalas.com.au

Offices: Alice Springs and Tennant Creek


North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)

www.naaja.org.au

Offices: Darwin, Katherine and Nhulunbuy


For more information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, consider the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services website at: www.natsils.org.au.

Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit Aboriginal Corporation (CAAFLU)

Offices: Alice Springs and Tennant Creek


Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Domestic and Family Violence Service
www.npywc.org.au

Office: Alice Springs


For more information about Family Violence Prevention Legal Services, consider the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services website at: www.nationalfvpls.org.

Get in touch with the Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission

For more information about Legal Aid Commissions, see National Legal Aid’s website at: www.nationallegalaid.org