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Women's Legal Service Victoria
Women's Legal Service Victoria provides free, confidential legal help to women and non-binary people across Victoria, with lawyers working alongside social workers and financial counsellors. It focuses on family and sexual violence matters — intervention orders and court representation, separation, divorce and property settlement, child protection and parenting arrangements, visa assistance for migrant survivors, and financial abuse/coercive control support. The service also runs its Emerging Lawyers Program to extend reach into regional Victoria and delivers trauma-informed training sessions for legal and community-sector professionals.
- Legal aid & community legal
- Body
- Family
Opens womenslegal.org.au
Last verified 7 October 2026 · Listing updated 10 October 2026
Women's Legal Service Victoria at a glance
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- Type of body
- Not-for-profit legal service
- Runs CPD
- Yes
Who it's for
A practitioner would refer a woman or non-binary client experiencing family violence anywhere in Victoria for free legal help, or send staff to its trauma-informed training for professionals.
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