Services
Darebin Community Legal Centre provides free legal advice by appointment to people who live, work or study in the Darebin region.
Telephone advice is not provided.
Interpreters are available over the phone or in person. During the night service, interpreters are used over the phone. In person interpreters can be used during the day.
The service provides initial advice (but not court representation) in most areas of law. Refer to our Casework Guidelines section for more information. In some cases we refer clients to private solicitors, relevant specialist Community Legal Centres or other relevant agencies (eg Victoria Legal Aid).
The Darebin Community Legal Centre provides a range of pamphlets on legal topics as well as Community Legal Education services to local organisations.
The Darebin Community Legal Centre also co-ordinates the following programs:
- The Darebin Intervention Order Support Service (DIOSS) (A free service for applicants seeking Intervention Orders at the Heidelberg Magistrates' Court)
- Outreach to Prisons Program (Which assists people in prison with information, referral and advocacy)
- Legal Outreach to Indigenous Organisations (A monthly legal outreach to various Indigenous organisations in Darebin in partnership with Minter Ellison Lawyers)
