Community legal centres, or CLCs, are independent community organisations that provide free legal services to those who need it. CLCs enable a strong collective voice for justice and equality. Find out more.
Community legal centres across Victoria provide free legal advice to people experiencing disadvantage. Find a community legal centre.
On this page, you can find recent and past submissions, reports and statements from the Federation of Community Legal Centres. Learn more.
Learn more about our Integrated Practice Toolkit and other resources.
The Federation leads and supports excellence in the community legal sector, promotes the purpose and value of community legal centres, and advances social justice and a fair legal system.
Yesterday, the Victorian Government confirmed that it would continue to fund a range of community legal centres’ lifechanging integrated justice programs in its 2025 budget, signalling its recognition of the value of community legal centres as services that ‘matter most’.
In the lead up to the 2025 Federal Election, the Federation is calling on all parties and candidates to commit to reforms: Address cost of living and housing pressures; Accountable government and safeguards against systemic harm; Increase access to justice for all; Create fair and safe migration policies; and Truth-telling, treaty and self-determination.
Community legal centres welcome the passage of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill through the Victorian Parliament upper house with amendments to strengthen how it will work in practice.
There are community legal centres across Victoria. Click to find your nearest Victorian community legal centre.