VICTORIA LEGAL AID

Duty lawyer services

Legal Information Service

Tel: 9269 0120; 1800 677 402 (country callers)

Melbourne

350 Queen Street

Melbourne Vic 3000

Tel: 9269 0234 (switchboard); 1800 677 402 (country callers)

Office hours: Monday to Friday 8.45 am–5.15 pm

Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au

Roundtable Dispute Management

338 La Trobe Street

Melbourne Vic 3000

Tel: 9269 0500; 1800 136 832 (country callers)

Bairnsdale

101A Main Street

Bairnsdale Vic 3875

Tel: 5153 1975

Barwon

Level 2, 199 Moorabool Street

Geelong Vic 3220

Tel: 5226 5666; 1800 196 200

Central Highlands

Area A, Level 1

75 Victoria Street

Ballarat Vic 3350

Tel: 5329 6222; 1800 677 402

Gippsland

Cnr Chapel and George Streets

Morwell Vic 3840

Tel: 5134 8055

Goulburn

36–42 High Street

Shepparton Vic 3630

Tel: 5823 6200

Loddon Campaspe

424 Hargreaves Street

Bendigo Vic 3550

Tel: 5448 2333; 1800 254 500

North Eastern Suburbs

42 Mary Street

Preston Vic 3072

Tel: 9416 6444

North Western Suburbs

Level 1, Building 1

Broadmeadows Station Centre

1100 Pascoe Vale Road

Broadmeadows Vic 3047

Tel: 9302 8777

Outer Eastern Suburbs

23 Ringwood Street

Ringwood Vic 3134

Tel: 9259 5444

Peninsula

Cnr O'Grady Ave & Dandenong Road

Frankston Vic 3199

Tel: 9784 5222

South Coast

185 Fairy Street

Warrnambool Vic 3280

Tel: 5559 7222

Western Suburbs

1st Floor, 474 Ballarat Road

Sunshine Vic 3020

Tel: 9300 5333

Westernport

1st Floor, 9–15 Pultney Street

Dandenong Vic 3175

Tel: 9767 7111

Wimmera

29 Darlot Street

Horsham Vic 3400

Tel: 5381 6000; 1800 177 638

Duty lawyer services

VLA provides duty lawyer services, either by using its own staff or by funding private lawyers at:

most Magistrates' Courts (criminal, crimes, family violence);
the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (anti-discrimination, civil, guardianship and tenancy matters);
Melbourne Magistrates' Court (civil, criminal and Infringements Court special circumstances lists);
all Children's Courts (family division and criminal);
the Family Court;
the Federal Magistrates Court (Migration List);
the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and
Mental Health Review Board (all Melbourne in-patient services).

Duty lawyers can help if you have not had the opportunity to see a lawyer before going to court. Before your court date, you should ring the court Registrar to check whether duty lawyers are available on that date. You should see a lawyer before you go to court, as duty lawyers may not be able to help everyone.