The ANUSA Legal Service is an accredited community legal centre run by ANUSA. We provide free and confidential legal advice to all ANU students (including both undergraduates and postgraduates). We can help with tenancy, migration or visa advice, legal problems at work, intellectual property, discrimination, defamation, SASH and other legal areas. All legal advice is provided by or under the supervision of an experienced practising lawyer.
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You can book an appointment using our online booking system.
Just click the button below and you will be taken to our booking page:
Book an appointment
If you would like to ask a question or would like help from our staff with a booking you can:
· Email us at sa.admin@anu.edu.au, or
· Phone us on 6125 2444
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You are welcome to bring a support person, or request any special adjustments for your appointment. We offer both in-person or online appointments, so you can seek legal advice if you are outside Canberra or overseas (about a legal issue in Australia).
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The ANUSA Legal Service provides support to a diversity of ANU students,
whatever your background, status or occupation. We provide support to all students including those represented by the ANUSA Departments and support groups: including the BIPOC, Disabilities, Indigenous, International Students, Mature Age Students, Queer* and Womens. All students are welcome to seek legal advice and legal support.
Some areas of law that we cannot help with include family law, property law, social security, public housing or wills (see below for other legal services).
ANUSA Legal Service Migration & Visa Advice
If you need help with your student visa, skilled migration, partner visa, the temporary graduate visa or other visas, we also provide visa and migration advice. All ANU students are welcome to make an appointment with us. We also run a migration workshop in semesters one and two. Workshop sessions are promoted on the ANUSA Facebook page. Please follow to be kept informed. You must be a current student at ANU to attend a migration workshop.
ANUSA has been providing legal services to ANU students for over a decade and a half.
Referrals
ANUSA Legal Service aims to offer free, accessible, and confidential legal advice that all ANU students are free to access. In the circumstance that we do not have the capacity or have the expertise to be of assistance, we are more than happy to make a warm referral for you.
If you have an urgent concern about your personal safety, please call ACT Policing on 000.
Below is a list of ACT organisations that provide free legal advice and other assistance:
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)
ACT Phone: (02) 6120 8800
Address: Level 3, CML Building, 17/21 University Ave, Canberra ACT 2601
Canberra Community Law
Phone: (02) 6218 7900
Nighttime Legal Advice Service Phone: (02) 6218 7900
Address: Templar House, Level 1/21 Barry Dr, Turner ACT 2602
Email: info@canberracommunitylaw.org.au
Nighttime Legal Advice Service Email: NTLAS@canberracommunitylaw.org.au
Care Consumer Law Centre (CLC)
Phone: (02) 6143 0044
Address: Ground Floor 19/23 Moore St, Turner ACT 2612
Email: clc.admin@carefcs.org
The Women's Legal Centre ACT
Advice and Intake Phone: 02 6257 4377
Address: 21 Barry Dr, Turner ACT 2612
Environmental Defenders' Office (ACT)
Phone: 1800 626 239
Address, Templar House, Ground Floor, 21 Barry Dr, Turner ACT 2602
Email: canberra@edo.org.au
Legal Aid ACT
Phone: 1300 654 314
Address: 2 Allsop St, Canberra ACT 2601
Youth Law Centre
Phone: (02) 6173 5410
Address: 2 Allsop St, Canberra ACT 2601
Email: contact@youthlawact.org.au
Other services
Victim Support ACT at the ACT Human Rights Commission
Phone: (02) 6205 2222
Email:?victimsupportintake@act.gov.au
Hours of operation: 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Domestic Violence Crisis Centre
Crisis Line: 02 6280 0900
Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (CRCC)
Phone: 6247 2525
Hours of operation: 7:00am to 11:00pm, 7 days a week