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Family Law & Family Violence Lawyer

Northern Community Legal Centre

The Northern Community Legal Centre (NCLC) operates in one of the fastest growing and disadvantaged areas of Melbourne, and has a significant catchment including the Hume City Council, Moreland City Council and Mitchell Shire Council. The NCLC operates from a central office located in Broadmeadows, with outreach services to other service areas, including Wallan, Sunbury, Coburg, Glenroy, Fawkner and Craigieburn.

Our purpose is to ensure equal access to justice for all in Melbourne’s North West and we do this by the provision legal services, community legal education and law reform aimed at the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Melbourne’s North West. NCLC gives priority to victims/survivors of Family Violence, Refugees and newly arrived communities, people who have a diagnosed mental illness, young people and members of our community who have or are facing multiple systemic barriers to achieving justice in their legal matters.

The Family Law and Family Violence Lawyer will:

  • Provide high quality legal assistance in family law matters including Divorce, Parenting, Property and Spousal Maintenance to priority clients with a focus on victims of family violence and provide advice, casework and representation to eligible clients in other family violence related areas of law including, VOCAT applications, and other civil law.
  • To develop and implement community legal education programs and other projects aimed at increasing access to justice among our priority clients in our region.
  • Work with local priority client groups, community organisations and other stakeholders to raise awareness of NCLC’s service, and to ensure our services are appropriately targeted at NCLC’s priority clients.

For further information, please contact Marquita Nolan, Legal Practice Manager by email [email protected].

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