Queensland
Find your local community legal centre
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.
Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic – LawRight
www.lawright.org.au
Phone: 07 3846 6317
Fax: 07 3846 6311
Email: HPLCAdmin@lawright.org.au
Drop-in and appointment/ residential legal clinics at 9 locations in Brisbane and Cairns for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Clinic locations available online.
Mental Health Civil Law Clinic – LawRight
www.lawright.org.au
Phone: 07 3846 6317
Fax: 07 3846 6311
Email: HPLCAdmin@lawright.org.au
Outreach services by appointment for people with mental health concerns at Footprints and Open Minds in Brisbane.
Refugee Civil Law Clinic – LawRight
www.lawright.org.au
Phone: 07 3846 6317
Fax: 07 3846 6311
Email: HPLCAdmin@lawright.org.au
Fortnightly outreach service by appointment at the Multicultural Development Association in Woolloongabba for newly arrived refugees.
Care Goondiwindi Community Legal Service
www.caregoondiwindi.org.au/legal-services
Phone: 07 4670 0716
Fax: 07 4671 2469
Email: legal@caregoondiwindi.org.au
Co-located with Care Goondiwindi, a community organisation. Fortnightly outreach service to Community Development Services, Inc in Stanthorpe
Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre Inc
www.mrclc.com.au
Phone: 07 4953 1211
Fax: 07 4953 1644
Email: admin@mrclc.com.au
Monthly outreach services by appointment at:
- Bowen Neighbourhood Centre
- Whitsunday Crisis and Counselling Service
- Proserpine Community Centre
Moreton Bay Regional Community Legal Service Inc
www.mbrcls.org.au
Phone & fax: 07 5495 5916
Email: office@mbrcls.org.au
Outreach services at:
- Youth Space Building – Redcliffe (drop-in)
- Deception Bay Neighbourhood Centre (by appointment)
- Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre (by appointment)
- Bribie Island and District Neighbour Centre (by appointment)
South West Brisbane Community Legal Service
www.communitylegal.org.au
Phone: 07 3372 7677
Fax: 07 3472 5862
Outreach services by appointment at:
- Booval Community Service
- Goodna Neighbourhood House
- Ganyjuu Family Support Service (child protection only)
Suncoast Community Legal Service Inc
www.suncoastcommunitylegal.org
Phone: 07 5443 7827
Fax: 07 5451 1221
Email: admin@suncoastcommunitylegal.org
Outreach services by appointment at various community and neighbourhood centres.
Taylor Street Community Legal Service
www.hbnc.net.au/hbnc/hbnc-programs/taylor-street-legal.html
Phone: 07 4194 2663
Fax: 07 4194 5663
Email: tscls@bigpond.net.au
Outreach services by appointment at various locations.
Managed by Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre
Rural Women’s Outreach Legal Service – The Advocacy and Support Service
www.tascinc.org.au
Toll free:1300 008 272
Phone: 07 4616 9700
Fax: 07 4616 9777
Email: reception@tascinc.org.au
Clinics on six month rotation to south-west Queensland. Contact The Advocacy and Support Service or your local Neighbourhood Centre for more information
YFS Legal – YFS Ltd
www.yfs.org.au/legal
Phone: 07 3826 1599
Fax: 07 3208 9206
Co-located with YFS Ltd, which provides social support and services to vulnerable clients
Youth Advocacy Centre
www.yac.net.au
Phone: 07 3356 1002
Fax: 07 3356 3002
Email: admin@yac.net.au
Legal and social welfare agency for young people aged 10-18 years, including support with homelessness, family and criminal matters
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Legal Service (Qld) Ltd
www.atsils.org.au
Offices: Brisbane, Beenleigh, Bundaberg, Cairns, Charleville, Cunnamulla, Goondiwindi, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Mackay, Maroochydore, Mount Isa, Murgon, Normanton, Palm Island, Rockhampton, Southport, Strathpine, Toowoomba, Townsville, St George, Thursday Island
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.
Aboriginal Family Violence Service Southern Queensland
www.aflssq.org.au
Office: Roma
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
www.qifvls.com.au
Offices: Cairns, Mount Isa, Rockhampton, Townsville and Brisbane
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 Legal Aid Queensland
For more information about Legal Aid Commissions, see National Legal Aid’s website at: www.nationallegalaid.org