Further Resources
Further sources of information and assistance on Indigenous law and justice matters.
Legal Services
If you are a first Nations person looking for direct legal assistance, including information, legal advice, or court representation, the following resources may be of assistance:
Community-controlled legal services in Victoria
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service is a community-controlled legal service which provides services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Victoria
- Djirra is an Aboriginal community-controlled organisations providing legal and other support in relation to experiences of family violence
Other legal services
- Victoria Legal Aid also provides general legal information and advice
- Q+Law provides a specialist LGBTIQA+ peer-led legal service
- If you are looking for financial counselling and money advice, you can contact the Mob Strong Debt Help program of the Financial Rights Legal Centre
- If you are an Indigenous artist looking for advice in relation to intellectual and cultural property issues you can contact the Artists in the Black program of Arts Law
- The MLS Tax Clinic is a student-run clinic which provides free tax assistance to members of the public under the supervision of experienced tax practitioners
If you would like to engage a private lawyer, the Law Institute of Victoria provides a referral service to private practitioners working in Victoria
Traditional Owner organisations in Victoria
- The Melbourne Law School is on the Lands of the Wurundjeri people. Information about Wurundjeri and the services that Traditional Owners can provide are available at the Wurundjeri website
- The Koori Heritage Trust is a First Peoples arts and culture organisation
- The First Peoples Assembly of Victoria is a democratically elected body to represent First Peoples in Victoria
- The Yoorrook Justice Commission is a First Nations led truth-telling Inquiry undertaking work in Victoria
Other organisations to follow
- ANU Law Reform and Social Justice
- Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW
- Indigenous Law Research Unit, University of Victoria
- Kaiela Institute
- AIATSIS https://aiatsis.gov.au/
- Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR)
- Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
- Sisters Inside
- Institute for Collaborative Race Research
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research , ANU
- Deadly Connections
- Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Research and Education, UTS