Managing the Organisation

Pro Bono & InKind

The Attorney-General's Community Law Partnerships have been established to promote and support partnerships between the private legal sector and the community legal sector.

Download a copy of the AG’s Community Law Partnerships – Community Legal Centres and Firms Collaborating for Change paper (PDF, 130KB), prepared for the National Access to Justice and Pro Bono Conference Sydney, 14th-15th November 2008.

For more information on the AG's Community Law Partnerships download a copy of the Attorney-General's Community Law Partnerships Final Report and Action Plan (2007, PDF, 1070KB).

The Victorian government in its contract with 35 law firms to provide legal services to government has taken the extra step of requiring the law firms to meet social justice objectives. This includes a contractual requirement that the firms deliver pro bono legal services.
For more information read the Department of Justice's Pro Bono Fact Sheet - Government Legal Services (2007, Word, 82KB).

See also a copy of the current list of panel firms (2008, Word, 39KB).

If you would like assistance in contacting and brokering pro bono support from these or other firms, please contact the Federation's Sector Development Officer.

If you're after some pro bono support or mentoring for your organisation (other than legal help) you might like to check out the VCOSS website below (click onto the Training & Development section then go to the 'Pro Bono Providers' page of the website).

• VCOSS (Training & Development Clearinghouse) website