In the future, people like Thuy will no longer face unfair barriers
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Community driven justice
From 1972
We work towards a fairer and more just Victorian community, one in which the legal and broader social system supports equality and justice.
When the Fitzroy Legal Service opened its doors on 18 December 1972, it became Australia’s first non-Aboriginal community legal centre. Located in the basement of the Fitzroy Town Hall, in what was then one of the poorest suburbs of Melbourne, this new legal service set out to do the unthinkable: provide free legal advice to all comers.
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FLS announces CEO departure following a legacy of purposeful growth
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Five minutes with former FLS volunteer, Michael Kingston
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Reflections on a harm reduction intervention in the Inquest into Veronica Nelson’s passing
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Victoria Police breaches human rights and its own policies at cannabis legalisation rally
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FLS submission on a medically supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne
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Q+Law: A new legal service with and for LGBTIQA+ communities
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FLS joins calls for a Supervised Injecting Service in the CBD
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Fitzroy Legal Service joins in calls from Aboriginal, legal, and human rights organisations for the urgent reform of Victoria’s bail laws.
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Vale Uncle Jack
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Human Rights don’t stop at prison gates. It is time to end routine strip searching of people in prison!
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Peter Lynch – Law Handbook contributor
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Brian Wright – Law Handbook Contributor
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The Victorian Government Must End Its Harmful Obsession with Expanding Victoria’s Prison System
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