Women's Legal Service Victoria is a not-for-profit organisation that has been providing free legal services to women since 1982. We work with women experiencing disadvantage to address legal issues arising from relationship breakdown or violence.
NEW LEGAL ADVICE LINE FOR VICTIM-SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
If you are a victim-survivor of sexual assault who has questions about the legal issues around telling your story or being identified publicly, please contact our free legal advice and referral service.
This service is staffed by female lawyers, who specialise in legal issues arising from violence against women. Our lawyers can advise individual women on how the current law might affect them.
This new service operates from Mondays to Fridays between 9am and 5pm.
Please call
Metro Melbourne tel (03) 8622 0600
Regional callers tel 1800 133 302
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC – CHANGES TO OUR SERVICES
To ensure we can continue to assist women with their legal issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made some important changes to the way we deliver our services.
See here for full details.
What's News
New advice line for victim-survivors of sexual assault
17 September 2020
Do you have questions about how Victoria's current sexual assault disclosure laws impact you? Our new legal advice line can help. More information here
Call for Govt to implement promised family law reforms
23 July 2020
We are calling on the Federal Government to deliver on a promised scheme that would have stopped family violence perpetrators hiding their superannuation assets in the family law system. Read our media release here
COVID-19 and accessing your super early
9 April 2020
What are the 5 critical steps you need to take before accessing your super early? Click here to find out.