Legal Services

Here you will find services and online directories to help you search for bilingual and/or bicultural legal practitioners.

Asian-Australian Lawyers Association Lawyers Directory: search for Australian-Asian legal practitioners by ‘type’, ‘area of practice’, and ‘language spoken’.
Language/Community: Chinese (Cantonese, Hokkien and Mandarin), Filipino, French, German, Hakka, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tagalog, Tamil, Teochew, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese

Indian Business Directory Directory: features a ‘professional services’ category which includes listings for Australian-Indian lawyers and migration agents.
Language/Community: Indian

InfoxchangeService Seeker Directory: search for bilingual/bicultural representation and other legal support in the ‘advanced search’ search’, then search by location and language.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities

Muslim Legal Network – referrals to Australian-Muslim legal practitioners.
Language/Community: Muslim

Refugee Legal Service: provides free specialist legal assistance to people seeking asylum, refugees and disadvantaged migrants.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities including a specific hotline for those impacted by the Israel-Gaza crisis

Refugee Legal Afghanistan Legal Hotline: in-language information and advice for Australian-Afghan.
Language/Community: Afghan

Victorian Legal Aid (VLA) Multilingual Phone Service: phone service providing legal information and advice in a number of languages.
Language/Community: Multiple languages and communities