About Us

What do we do?

The Footscray Community Legal Centre is a community organisation that provides free legal assistance and financial counselling for the benefit of people who live, work or study in the City of Maribyrnong. Some of our services are available for people who live outside the City of Maribyrnong.

The centre assists individuals by:

  • Providing free legal advice
  • Providing financial counselling services for people experiencing financial difficulties
  • Referring people to a solicitor or other organisation best placed to assist with the problem
  • Providing an interpreter for interviews

Find out more about our legal and financial counselling services.

What we don’t do

We cannot provide any advice on the following:

  • immigration
  • wills and estates
  • conveyancing
  • complex family law matters
  • personal injury
  • commercial law.

Please call us for a referral or see links to other services if you require advice in any of these matters.