About
Justice Connect
Justice Connect is an independent, not-for-profit organisation with offices in Melbourne and Sydney. It is
committed to delivering access to justice by providing
pro bono legal services to people experiencing
Graduate Opportunities
support them. It does so by matching organisations
Training (PLT) placement program, where applications
cannot afford a lawyer to lawyers and barristers willing
Seniors Law, Self Representation Service and Public
disadvantage and the community organisations that
Justice Connect offers a comprehensive Practical Legal
and individuals who are ineligible for legal aid and
can be involved in Not-for-profit Law, Homeless Law,
to act on a pro bono basis.
Interest Law teams.
What kind of work?
More info on PLT can be found here: https://
- Pro bono Referral Service (Melbourne & Sydney): Pro
training/
management of the pro bono programs of the Law
Other career opportunities are offered by Justice
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can be found here:
Justice Connect coordinates a number of programs:
bono legal referrals to their member lawyers and the
justiceconnect.org.au/work-with-us/practical-legal-
Institute of Victoria (LIVLAS) and the Victorian Bar.
Action. You can find them on their Careers page, which
outreach service for clients experiencing or at risk of
https://justiceconnect.org.au/work-with-us/careers/
- Seniors Law (Melbourne): Their specialist outreach
Fun Fact / Recent Project
with ageing, including clients experiencing or at risk of
In an Australian first, Justice Connect launched a
- Not-for-profit Law (Melbourne & Sydney): Their
connect people and community groups with free
- MOSAIC (Melbourne & Sydney): Migrant Outreach
Gateway Project.
– Advice, Information and Community Education:
Every year, 8.5 million Australians have a legal
migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
Connect helps to close this justice gap through the
Location
help online, automating eligibility screening, and
Homeless
Law
(Melbourne):
Their
specialist
homelessness.
service for older clients with a legal issue associated
Gateway Project
elder abuse.
world-leading suite of digital legal products to better
specialist legal service for not-for-profit organisations.
legal help. These products make up the innovative
Services
Their specialist outreach service for recently arrived
Sydney and Melbourne
Student Opportunities
problem, but less than half access legal help. Justice Gateway Project, enabling people to apply for legal matching people with an appropriate legal service or pro bono lawyer.
Justice Connect accepts those who are willing to
With seed funding from Google.org in 2017, Justice
Volunteers are involved in seminars and training
end-to-end solution that allows people to apply for
fundraising and social events.
finally matches people with an appropriate Justice
More info can be found here:
Connect’s network of 10,000 pro bono lawyers.
enagage in the organisation's volunteering program.
Connect started an ambitious project to design an
programs, and are encouraged to play an active role in
legal help online, automates eligibility screening, and
https://justiceconnect.org.au/work-with-us/volunteer/
Connect legal service or pro bono lawyer in Justice
Justice Connect CEO, Chris Povey, said “Justice
Connect is leading the way in using technology
to close the justice gap, not just in Australia, but
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