The Law Handbook 2024

94 Section 2: Getting help Warrnambool 185 Fairy Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280 Tel: 5559 7222; 1800 651 022 Duty lawyers VLA provides duty lawyers at many courts and tribunals across Victoria. This service is free. However, duty lawyers do not represent everyone. Call VLA’s Legal Help (free legal advice phone line) on 1300 792 387 before your court date to find out if a duty lawyer can help you and what assistance they can provide. Fitzroy Legal Service offers a duty lawyer service at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court for Family Violence Intervention Order matters on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Fitzroy Legal Service assists clients on a duty lawyer basis for Family Violence Intervention Orders at Neighbourhood Justice Centre in Collingwood on Tuesdays. Contact Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court or the Neighbourhood Justice Centre for more information: Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court Tel: 9087 6115 Email: hmc@courts.vic.gov.au Web: www.mcv.vic.gov.au/court/heidelberg-magistrates- court Neighbourhood Justice Centre Tel: 9087 5739 Email: njc@courts.vic.gov.au Web: www.neighbourhoodjustice.vic.gov.au For more information about duty lawyers, see ‘Duty lawyers’ in Chapter 2.2: How legal aid can help. Legal services for university students Deakin Student Legal Service Deakin University Burwood Campus, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Warrnambool Campus and online Tel: 1300 555 528 Email: dusa-contact@deakin.edu.au Web: www.dusa.org.au Provides free legal advice for students enrolled at Deakin University. La Trobe University Legal Service Health and Wellbeing Centre, Bundoora Campus Tel: 9459 2002 Email: student.legalservice@latrobe.edu.au Web: www.latrobe.edu.au/students/support/wellbeing/ services/legalservice RMIT Student Legal Service Web: www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-services/ financial-legal-support/legal-service The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) Legal Service Web: www.umsu.unimelb.edu.au/support/legal/ Private lawyers The Law Institute of Victoria runs the Find a Lawyer Legal Referral Service. Through this program, a client is referred to an appropriate lawyer (i.e. a lawyer who practises in the specific area of law you need help with). The lawyer provides the first 30 minutes free of charge. Normal fees are charged after the first 30 minutes, if additional work needs to be done on your behalf. Law Institute of Victoria’s Find Your Lawyer Referral Service Tel: 9607 9550 Email referrals@liv.asn.au Web: www.liv.asn.au/find-a-lawyer Community information centres Many community information centres provide legal advice or referral to legal services in their area. A full list of community information centres (including those that do not offer legal advice services) can be found on the Community Information and Support Victoria website at www.cisvic.org.au.