Our publico pro bono law firm is accredited by the National Association of Community Legal Centres, an ATO Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and a charity registered by ACNC. Please save us some time or money if you can. Our goal is to give law students the opportunity to engage with the center to gain hands-on legal experience during their law studies. If you require an interpreter or have other special circumstances that may affect our legal advice, please inform the reception when making an appointment. Our volunteers can tell the lawyer what you need to access our services and we can make certain arrangements to ensure you can receive legal advice. We now have a social work service in our centre, which is available to clients who also receive legal assistance. To facilitate access to our legal services, we operate “outreach clinics” in various locations throughout the Gold Coast region. The Centre can advise on a number of general areas of law, including: minor debts, neighbourhood disputes, road accidents, labour law, tenancy and corporate matters, Centrelink disputes and employment law issues. Lawyers in these legal services can offer free legal advice to low-income people who have legal problems. For some problems, they may refer you to another legal aid program or to a pro bono lawyer. These lawyers may not help you in a criminal case if you are trying to prosecute someone or if you have an immigration problem. They cannot help solve problems in other states.
Contact your nearest legal advice office to find out if you are eligible for legal advice. The Gold Coast Community Legal Centre (GCCLC) provides free legal advice and support to clients through in-person appointments or by phone. GCCLC serves residents throughout the Gold Coast region. We will ask you to provide the full name of the other party or company involved in the dispute when you make your appointment. Sometimes we cannot advise you due to a conflict of interest. The Centre is able to provide legal assistance to clients in most areas of law, including family law, consumer law and neighbourhood disputes. Our head office is centrally located in Southport. We also provide legal services in offices located at the southern and northern ends of the Gold Coast. Legal advice and assistance is available Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. by appointment and Tuesday evenings from 5 p.m.
at our night clinic. To make an appointment, please call 07 5532 9611 or request a callback online. “It has already been said that people who come to agencies like ours should be treated as individuals and not as cases or category numbers – they should be accepted as people of worth and dignity, regardless of their weaknesses, Mistakes and mistakes – they have to make their own decisions and decisions – they need help, You are not told what to do – they must feel that confidential information about themselves remains as private as possible – they do not want the world to know about their problems. In short, they have the right to expect to meet qualified people who provide them and the community with quality service. Since opening in 1984, our team of fully qualified lawyers has provided free services to the entire Gold Coast region. Our priority is to support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged residents in a number of areas of law, including family law, domestic violence, consumer issues, minor civil claims, traffic accidents, neighborhood disputes, and minor criminal cases. The Gold Coast Community Legal Centre can advise you on a range of general areas of law The Gold Coast Community Legal Centre is a general community legal centre operating in Southport, providing the entire Gold Coast region from Beenleigh to Coolangatta with free legal advice, prototypes and collaborative projects, community legal information and general information and recommendations. Our lawyers are experienced in identifying and providing advice and assistance in cases of domestic violence Our lawyers cannot sign certificates of independent legal advice, guarantor certificates for loans, and supplementary health guidelines. It may also happen that we are full, that lawyers are not available in certain outreach locations or that we are not able to assist you in your legal matter.
In these circumstances, we will provide you with further referral links for legal advice or to ask you to call back. The centre can provide advice and assistance in many minor criminal and traffic matters, including, but not limited to, speeding, drunk driving, and cargo theft. We can also help you with work permits and special distress orders. My Community Legal (MCL) is an independent initiative of the Gold Coast District Law Association and many collaborators. We offer local practitioners and law students who intend to become lawyers the opportunity to serve the people of Gold Coast and Tweed by providing free legal services to those who need them but cannot afford them. The Gold Coast Community Legal Centre offers free legal information sessions to non-profit community organizations and individuals. These sessions are usually offered in person and in groups. Our partners are at the heart of the operation of this not-for-profit law firm.
All residents of the Gold Coast region can access legal advice and assistance from the Centre. We do not have a merit test or a financial resources test. The Gold Coast Community Legal Centre offers advice and support on a wide range of family law issues. Lawyers, lawyers and law students, please browse our membership and volunteer pages to learn how to get involved. Gold Coast Community Legal Centre provides domestic violence and child protection lawyers If you have any doubts about whether we can help you in your case, please call us on 07 5532 9611 and reception will let you know if our lawyers can help you or if we can refer you to another organisation. Connie Gill, – Administrator of the Citizens` Advice Bureau, Annual Report 1984 Our walk-in night clinic is open every Tuesday evening from 5pm in our Southport office. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, our overnight clinic is currently operating by appointment only. GCCLC has offices in Southport, Ormeau and Kirra Hill – see location details. Please visit our FREE LEGAL ADVICE page to find out our covered and excluded areas of law and how to find us.
Before making an appointment by phone or using our online contact form, please have the following information handy: To make a reservation, call 07 5532 9611 or fill out an online booking form. Please note that we cannot make an appointment without this information.