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Fitzroy Legal Service
Fitzroy Legal Service is one of Victoria's oldest community legal centres, established in 1972 and now operating as a merged entity with Darebin Community Legal Centre. It provides free legal advice, court-based duty lawyer assistance, and casework to low-income and disadvantaged communities across inner and northern Melbourne, with specialist programs covering family violence, drug-related offending, and criminal defence. The service also runs community legal education, publishes the well-known Law Handbook, and undertakes strategic litigation and law reform advocacy. Multilingual support is available in 15+ languages.
- Legal aid & community legal
- Body
- Community legal
Opens fls.org.au
Last verified 6 October 2026 · Listing updated 10 October 2026
Fitzroy Legal Service at a glance
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- Type of body
- Not-for-profit legal service
- Runs CPD
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Who it's for
A practitioner would refer a low-income client needing free legal advice or court representation in criminal, family violence, or civil matters in inner/northern Melbourne to Fitzroy Legal Service.
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