Free legal help
How we can help
Kingsford Legal Centre provides free legal advice and assistance to people who live, work or study in the Randwick City LGA and the Mascot and Port Botany Wards of Bayside Council (ex-Botany Bay) in New South Wales (View the list of suburbs).
We provide a NSW state-wide service in the area of Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Law. We also partner with Inner City Legal Centre and Redfern Legal Centre to run the Employment Rights Legal Service.
Advice is by appointment only. To make an appointment call us on (02) 9385 9566 between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm or between 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm.
If needed, a free interpreter can be provided.
End of year dates
Service |
Last Date 2024 |
First Date 2025 |
KLC Office |
Friday 20 December |
Tuesday 7 January |
Evening Advice Session |
Tuesday 17 December |
Monday 20 January |
Lexo Hub Outreach |
Wednesday 18 December |
Wednesday 8 January |
SECC Outreach |
Wednesday 11 December |
Wednesday 22 January |
ERLS phone line |
Friday 13 December |
Monday 13 January |
If you need legal advice during the period that we are closed, please contact Law Access on 1300 888 529 (with the exemption of public holidays).
Things we can help with
Kingsford Legal Centre can advise on matters such as:
- Domestic Violence
- Credit and Debt
- Victim’s Compensation
- Criminal Law
- Employment Law
- Discrimination Law (anywhere within NSW)
- Sexual Harassment
- Centrelink Problems
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Consumer Matters
- Neighbourhood Disputes
- Fines
- Tenancy
- Limited advice on Family law matters
Things we can't help with
Kingsford Legal Centre does not provide advice in the following areas of law:
- Making a will;
- Mortgages or conveyancing;
- Workers compensation;
- Personal injury (except victims compensation);
- Medical negligence;
- Commercial matters or business law;
- Taxation; and
- Immigration
- JP or Notary Public services
Kingsford Legal Centre does not provide advice :
- to employers in employment matters;
- to landlords in tenancy matters; and
- against the University of New South Wales.
Kingsford Legal Centre's Catchment
Kingsford Legal Centre provides free legal advice to people who live, work or study in the following suburbs:
Banksmeadow, Botany, Bronte, Chifley, Clovelly, Coogee, Daceyville, Eastgardens, Eastlakes, Hillsdale, Kensington, Kingsford, La Perouse, Little Bay, Malabar, Maroubra, Mascot, Matraville, Pagewood, Phillip Bay, Randwick, Rosebery, South Coogee, University of New South Wales (UNSW) & Waverley.
We also provide the following statewide clinics:
- Sexual Harassment Service and Discrimination Law Clinic.
- Employment Rights Legal Service (Tuesday and Fridays).
KLC is a teaching clinic for UNSW Law & Justice students and our volunteers are qualified solicitors. This means the advice nights can sometimes be unpredictable and there may be a waiting time.
You need to allow for around 2 hours when you come in to see us. We do our best to keep these waiting times as short as possible but if you have any caring responsibilities you should allow for this.
Appointments with Us
Advice is by appointment only. To make an appointment call us on (02) 9385 9566 between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm or between 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm. You can book in for the following:
| Our outreaches | Advice nights |
KLC partners with local community organisations to provide advice to clients in their community. Our current outreaches are at:
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KLC runs weekly evening advice nights by appointment most Mon – Thurs. Please call us to book an appointment on (02) 9385 9566. |
In this section
If you don't live in KLC's catchment, there may be another community legal centre in your area. Details of all the community legal centres in NSW are available from CLCNSW and all of the community legal centres across Australia at CLC Australia.
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Kingsford Legal Centre acknowledges the Gadigal and Bidjigal Clans, who traditionally occupied the Sydney Coast.
We respect those Elders, past and present, and thank them for allowing us to work and study on their lands.