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Information about the law
Our legal information service is free. We give you information about the law and the legal system. You can access this service:
- by telephoning 1300 65 11 88 for the cost of a local call - a client information officer will listen to your problem and explain the legal issues involved, tell you about the law and how to access our services or refer you to other services that can help you.
- face-to-face by talking to a client information officer at one of our 14 offices in Queensland or by visiting one of our community access points located throughout the state.
- online - by searching the legal information and publications areas of our site.
Legal advice
Our lawyers can help with free advice about most personal legal problems. To get advice, call 1300 65 11 88 and a client information officer will arrange legal advice.
- For telephone legal advice a lawyer will call you back, usually the same or next day.
- For face-to-face legal advice we will arrange for you to see a lawyer at one of our 14 offices in Queensland.
- If Legal Aid Queensland is not the best place for you to get advice about your problem, we will refer you to a more appropriate service to help you.
- When you get legal advice, a lawyer can talk to you about if you are likely to be eligible for a lawyer to help you with legal representation.
Legal representation
- Duty lawyer representation
Legal Aid Queensland arranges duty lawyer services in criminal matters in more than 100 magistrates and childrens courts throughout Queensland.
- Representation with a grant of legal aid
Legal representation is available if you get a grant of legal aid. It is best to get legal advice before applying for a grant of legal aid.
Can our Youth Advocate help you?
Our Youth Advocate runs a telephone legal advice clinic on Thursday afternoons with a focus on:
- exclusions and suspensions from school
- discrimination particularly in tenancy and education
- direct representation in child protection
- problems accessing a government service (including formal complaints)
- victims of crime information about the court process.
To get advice, call 1300 65 11 88 and a client information officer will arrange a legal advice session for you.
What is Youth Legal Aid?
- Youth Legal Aid is a specialist team based in our Brisbane office that deals with criminal matters for young people.
- Youth Legal Aid acts for you, not your parents or anyone else.
What is the Child Protection Unit?
Our Child Protection Unit has lawyers in our Brisbane and Woodridge offices who appear for children and young people in child protection matters in the Children's Court or Children Services Tribunal.
They appear as either separate representatives or direct representatives.
What is the Independent Children's Lawyer's Unit?
Our Independent Children's Lawyers Unit has lawyers in our Brisbane office who specialise in representing children in family law matters. These lawyers are appointed by the court.