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Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited is an Aboriginal community-controlled legal service. It provides legal help to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Its criminal law practice runs offices in regional centres including Bathurst, Dubbo, Broken Hill, Bourke, Walgett, Moree, Armidale, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Griffith and Lismore. It recruits graduate and junior solicitors on a rolling basis for its Western NSW criminal practice. From 2027 it hosts up to six UNSW Law & Justice interns each year under a paid internship partnership. It is also a host organisation in the ACT Cross-Sector Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Law Graduate Program run by Legal Aid ACT.

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