Find Legal Help
Find Legal Help
Looking for legal help?
LawRight connects Queenslanders with free civil law help through three services.
- Court and Tribunal Services — helps people to represent themselves in Queensland courts.
- Pro Bono Connect — connects people and not-for-profits with a private lawyer who can help for free.
- Community & Health Justice Partnerships — helps people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Scroll down to read more about how our services can help and how to apply for assistance.
Court and Tribunal Services
Going to court?
We help people represent themselves in courts and tribunals in Queensland. If you have a civil matter, our Court and Tribunal Services might be able to help.
How we help
Typical self-representation help includes:
- Explaining whether and how to start or defend a case
- Explaining court processes and deadlines
- Drafting or reviewing documents like applications, pleadings and affidavits
- Help to prepare for hearings or trial, including what to expect on the day
- Advice about appeals and other ways to resolve your dispute
We help people in:
We don’t help with criminal or family matters.
Key Information
Not in court yet?
We may also be able to help if you think you might be taken to court, or if you want to take someone else to court.
We are not a drop in advice service
We don't give on the spot advice when you first contact us. We check your application first to see if you are eligible. If you are, we'll contact you to discuss how we can help.
We only help with certain areas of law
Our team can help with some but not all matters within each court. Scroll down to check what our teams can help with.
Court and Tribunal Services
Our QCAT team
Helping in the Queensland Civil & Administrative Tribunal
We can help with…
- Reviews of decisions about:
- Blue Cards
- Disability Worker Screenings
- Child Safety Decisions (however, not proceedings in the Childrens Court)
- Victims Assist Payments
- State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER)
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Anti-discrimination
- Right to Information and information privacy
- Disciplinary matters for health practitioners
- And some limited scope assistance in:
- Guardianship and administration matters; and
- Appeals and reopenings related to the above matters
If your problem isn’t on this list, we might not be able to help. Contact us to check if we can help.
Call (07) 3564 7561 | [email protected]
What we can’t help with
- Residential Tenancy disputes
- Consumer/Trader issues
- Minor Debts
- Body Corporate and Community Management Schemes
- Retail Shop Leases
- Building and Construction
- Trees and Fences
- Review of decisions about Weapons Licencing
Court and Tribunal Services
Our State Courts team
Helping in the District Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
We can help with a wide range of matters in the…
- Queensland District Court
- Queensland Supreme Court
- Queensland Court of Appeal
You don’t have to be in court right now for us to help. We can help if you think you might be taken to court, or want to take someone to court.
Call (07) 3738 7800 | [email protected]
What we can’t help with
- Criminal law, including appeals under the Justices Act 1886 (Qld)
- Matters in the Planning and Environment Court
- Appeals about domestic violence orders
- Complex commercial matters
- Wills and estates matters
- If you are starting a personal injury matter
- If you want to start a defamation claim against someone
Court and Tribunal Services
Our Federal Courts team
Helping in the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
We can help with…
- Anti-discrimination
- Bankruptcy
- Competition & Consumer
- Fair Work
- Information privacy
- Judicial review
- Appeals from Federal Tribunals
- Appeals within the Federal Courts
If your problem isn’t on this list, we might not be able to help. Contact us to check if we can help.
Call 07) 3052 4309 | [email protected]
What we can’t help with
- Native Title
- Family Law
- Migration decisions about student and skilled employment visas
Pro Bono Connect
Pro Bono Connect
If you have a public interest matter or complicated civil law problem and can’t get help anywhere else, Pro Bono Connect assesses your application and, if eligible, tries to match you with a lawyer who can help for free. We also help established not-for-profits with civil law issues.
How we help
If your matter is eligible, we reach out to our member lawyers to see if we can match you with a lawyer who will help you for free. Not every matter can be matched to a lawyer.
They might help with full representation, once-off advice, or a specific task — it depends on your case and available resources.
Not sure if you should apply? Call (07) 3187 4379 or email [email protected]
What we can’t help with
- Family law
- Criminal law
- Native title
- Building & construction disputes
- Complex commercial disputes
- If you can get legal help elsewhere — by paying a lawyer, getting Legal Aid, or through a no-win-no-fee arrangement
Key Information
We can't help everyone
We prioritise applications based on public interest, hardship, prospects of success, likely outcomes and resources required.
We don't give on-the-spot advice
We'll assess your application first and then try to connect you with a lawyer if you're eligible.
Placement takes time
We receive many applications. Even if we can help with your matter, connecting you to a lawyer can still take a while.
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
The Community & Health Justice Partnerships program includes Homelessness Law and Multicultural Law. Through these services we collaboratively support Queenslanders experiencing housing insecurity to resolve the everyday legal problems that affect their day-to-day life, like housing issues, consumer debts, fines and infringements, or the impacts of violence.
We bring legal help directly to where people are in need, by meeting our clients onsite at health, housing and homelessness services that provide multidisciplinary supports.
Who we help
- People experiencing or at risk of homelessness
- Newly arrived Queenslanders from multicultural backgrounds
- Women and families affected by violence
- Youth and people exiting prison
We mainly take on clients through partner agencies rather than direct applications.
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Homelessness Law
Homelessness Law helps people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Our lawyers work out of community and health services in Brisbane & Cairns to prevent and end homelessness by resolving a person’s legal problems connected to their housing, money, and experiences of violence.
If you or someone you are supporting would like to discuss the assistance we may be able to provide, please call or email us.
Call (07) 3518 8125 | [email protected]
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Multicultural Law
Multicultural Law helps refugees and asylum seekers newly arrived in Queensland. Through our targeted partnership with Multicultural Australia, we support new Queenslanders to resolve legal issues connected to their housing, money, and identity.
If you want more information about Multicultural Law, please call or email us.
Call (07) 3518 8125 | [email protected]
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Homelessness Law
Homelessness Law is Queensland’s free specialist legal service for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Homelessness Law’s integrated, holistic supports prevent and end homelessness by resolving legal issues connected to a person’s housing, money, and experiencing of violence. We scale the impact of our frontline, client centered work by advocating for better laws and policies.
Homelessness Law provides targeted, intensive legal representation to people who are experiencing, or are at risk of, homelessness. Our work focuses on priority cohorts including women and their family’s experiencing violence, children and young people, and people who are in prison or transitioning back into the community.
Established in 2002, Homelessness Law implements an outreach-based, trauma informed model, with staff lawyers fully embedded in frontline homelessness and health agencies in both Brisbane and Cairns.
In 2023-2024, Homelessness Law:
- partnered with 8 community and health services where embedded staff lawyers work collaboratively with frontline workers to prevent and end homelessness;
- increased access to justice for 458 Queenslanders experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including 509 high-intensity legal services, a 76% increase on the previous year;
- facilitated 7,840 hours of pro bono work to further scale our impact and ability to provide client centered, trauma-informed legal assistance; and;
- empowered frontline community workers to identify and address legal issues impacting their clients through 7 tailored training sessions
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Homelessness Law has partnerships at 8 locations, where we team up with health and community helpers. We solve many problems for people who are homeless, making sure they get all-around support in Queensland.
Solving homelessness through effective collaboration
With embedded lawyers at community, homelessness and health organisations, we work with frontline workers to solve homelessness. These partnerships ensure our clients get holistic, multidisciplinary support.
Further scaling our impact, for over 20 years we have empowered frontline workers through training and collaboration.
Embedded Community Partnerships….
- Brisbane youth Service
- Communify’s New Farm Neighbourhood Centre
- Micah Projects
- 3rd Space
- Anglicare Homelessness Services (Women and Families)
- Mater Young Adult Health Centre
- Cairns Homelessness Services Hub
- Mission Australia’s Douglas House
Homelessness Law statistics - 2023/24
Impact and Insights Reports
You can read more about the impact of Homelessness Law’s Consumer Advocacy Project and Stable Futures for Young Queenslanders.
Everyday Law in Queensland
Everyday Law in Queensland is our new legal resource for pro bono and community lawyers helping vulnerable Queenslanders.
Court and Tribunal Services
Court and Tribunal Services
LawRight has on-site offices at Brisbane court and tribunal registries and delivers remote services throughout Queensland to increase access to justice for vulnerable people navigating court and tribunal proceedings.
Our strategic partnerships with law firms and barristers match pro bono assistance with the legal problem and capability of the individual.
We currently assist in the
LawRight helps people who are involved in, or who are considering commencing legal proceedings, and who are unable to afford private legal assistance and are ineligible for legal aid.
Refer a client to Court and Tribunal Services
If you work for an organisation such as another community legal service or support service and want to refer a client to Court and Tribunal Services and the client is unable to apply for help themselves via the LawRight Application Form, please complete the Court and Tribunal Services Warm Referral Form and we will be in touch.
Where else to look for assistance
You may be able to get assistance through a different community legal centre. For a list of centres in Queensland, please visit Community Legal Centres Queensland.
