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  The National Independent Children’s Lawyer Program supports ICLs across Australia advocating for children's best interests in family law proceedings.
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  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
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  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
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  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
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Home
About
Policy & advocacy
- ALAF
  The Australian Legal Assistance Forum has been established to enable the members to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a co-operative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a co-ordinated fashion.
- Submissions
  Integral to our policy and advocacy role is the constructive advice, guidance and direction we provide to government. This page contains the submissions NLA has made to various Commonwealth Government and Parliamentary inquiries.
- Reports
  Research and reports aimed at enhancing legal aid funding and quantitatively assessing legal needs to improve access and outcomes across Australia.
National Services
- With You Training
  With You is a national training program for trauma-informed, rights-based legal services to people experiencing distress, mental health concerns, or suicidality.
- Independent Children’s Lawyers
  The National Independent Children’s Lawyer Program supports ICLs across Australia advocating for children's best interests in family law proceedings.
- amica
  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
- Family Advocacy and Support Service
  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
- Family Violence Law Help
  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
News

07 March, 2025

NLA Legal Aid Private Practitioners Census Report Launch

Funding Private Practitioners

The launch of National Legal Aid's 2024 Legal Aid Private Practitioners' Census Report was a great success. Attendees were able to discuss the findings and share their experiences with barriers to quality service delivery and pay parity with private practice.

You may view a recording of the launch and hear speeches from

CEO of Legal Aid ACT and National Legal Aid Interim Chair Dr John Boersig
Attorney-General Hon Mark Dreyfus
NSW parliamentary secretary to the Attorney-General, Dr Hugh McDermott
Co-authors of the Report, Dr Natasha Cortis and Dr Megan Blaxland
Chair of the Law Council of Australia's Access to Justice Committee, Mark Woods
as well as a Q&A session

To read the full report and infographic click here.

Confirmation of Funding for Respect@Work Legal Services is a Major Step Forward for Victim-Survivors of Workplace Sexual Harassment and Discrimination

New Federal funding under the National Access to Justice Partnership will deliver ongoing funding for 31 frontline legal services that provide advice, representation, and support to victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination. This will mean greater certainty around the longevity of these essential services.

06 March, 2025

Funding Domestic and Family Violence

National Legal Aid welcomes funding to expand support for victim-survivors of sexual violence in the justice system

A new $21.4 million federal funding package will maintain existing pilot programs to support victim-survivors of sexual violence in the justice system and nationally expand programs to each jurisdiction.

27 February, 2025

Funding Private Practitioners

Media Release: Landmark Legal Aid Census Flags Lawyer Shortage

National Legal Aid is proud to launch the results from our first national survey of over 1,000 Legal Aid private lawyers. Private lawyers are vital to the legal assistance sector, delivering over 70% of the over 150,000 legal aid grants every year. However, the supply of private lawyers is reaching crisis levels, with a third planning to do less legal aid work in the next 5 years.

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