Welcome to the Legal Services Agency
The Legal Services Agency is responsible for helping people access justice, by funding legal aid, initial criminal legal services and community law centres, and producing law-related education and information. The Agency helped 58,314 people access legal services and made 73,905 grants of legal aid in the last year. In addition to legal aid services, the Agency funded 766 lawyers to provide duty solicitor services. Duty solicitors assist people who have no legal representation at their first court appearance. The Agency also funded 27 community law centres (CLCs), which together delivered 80,000 hours of case work, 24,000 hours of legal information services and 110,000 hours of law-related education services to their communities.
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LawAccess
The Agency's searchable online catalogue of law-related infromation and resourcesLegal Aid Review Panel
An independent statutory tribunal that can review certain Agency decisionsCommunity Law Centres
Community law centres provide a mix of legal services tailored to their community’s needs.
Legal aid is the government programme which pays a lawyer's fees if you cannot afford a lawyer to represent you. If you are granted legal aid, payment is made directly to an approved legal aid lawyer. There are different eligibility thresholds for legal aid, which may include some repayment.
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What is legal aid?Can I get legal aid?
Find a legal aid lawyer
Public Defence Service (PDS)
Review or challenge a legal aid decision
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The Legal Services Agency is responsible for helping people access justice, by funding legal aid, initial criminal legal services and community law centres, and producing law-related education and information. Education and information resources are available online or as publications.
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About usPublications and Agency reports
Media
Ordering resources
Legal services information
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This section is for lawyers and others who have been approved by the Agency to provide legal aid, and for lawyers and others who want to become listed providers. It includes information and resources to assist you to provide legal aid services, including forms and the online manual.
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FormsOnline Manual
Become a listed provider
Proceedings steps
General policies
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