Legal Aid Around the World

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Here are links to some legal services program sites around the world. If you know of a site that should be listed, please use our feedback form at the bottom of the page.

Africa

• Africa Legal Aid
• Legal Resources Centre - Ghana
• Legal Aid Centre of Eldoret (Kenya)
• Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia)
• Legal Aid and Advice (South Africa)
• Legal Aid Board (South Africa)
• Paralegal Advice (South Africa - self-help info)
• Southern Africa Legal Assistance Network
• University of Witwatersrand Law Clinic (Johannesburg)
• Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre (Tanzania)
• Legal Resources Foundation Zimbabwe
• Zanzibar Legal Services Centre

Asia

• Legal Aid Department (Afghanistan)
• The International Legal Foundation (Afganistan - criminal defense)
• Legal Aid Armenian Network
• Legal Aid Armenian Network (English)
• Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust
• Legal Aid of Cambodia
• Legal Aid in China
• Legal Assistance (China)
• Legal Aid Foundation (Republic of China, Taiwan)
• Legal Aid Foundation (Republic of China, Taiwan - English)
• Article 42 (Georgia)
• Legal Aid Department (Hong Kong)
• Legal Aid Department (Hong Kong - English)
• Legal Aid Services Council (Hong Kong)
• Legal Aid Services Council (Hong Kong - English)
• All India Legal Aid Cell on Child Rights
• Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (India)
• Delhi Legal Services Authority (India)
• Goa State Legal Services Authority (India)
• Haryana State Legal Services Authority (India)
• Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (India)
• Kerala State Legal Services Authority (India)
• Legal Aid (India)
• National Legal Services Authority (India)
• Orissa State Legal Service Authority (India)
• Free Legal Aid Services/ Beer Sheva and Southern Region (Israel)
  
• Free Legal Aid Services/ Haifa and the North (Israel)
• Free Legal Aid Services/Jerusalem (Israel)
• Free Legal Aid Services/ Tel Aviv and Central Region (Israel)
  
• The Bar-Ilan University Legal Aid Program (Israel)
• "Schar Mitzvah" - The Israel Bar Association Pro Bono Program
• Duties of the Japan Legal Support Center and the JFBA
• Japan Legal Support Center
• List of Legal Aid Associations (Japan)
• Tamkeen for Legal Aid and Human Rights (Jordan)
• Korea Legal Aid Corporation
• Korea Legal Aid Corporation (English)
• Korean Public Interest Lawyers' Group (GONGGAM)
• Korean Public Interest Lawyers' Group (English)
• Legal Aid Centres (Malaysia)
• Legal Aid in Nepal
• The International Legal Foundation (Nepal - criminal defense)
• Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid (Pakistan)
• Integrated Bar of the Philippines Legal Aid Program
• Legal Aid Bureau (Singapore)
• Legal Aid in Turkey
• National Legal Aid Agency of Vietnam (NLAA)
• The International Legal Foundation (West Bank, Palestine - criminal defense)

Australia

• National Legal Aid
• National Association of Community Legal Centres
• National Children's & Youth Law Centre
• LawStuff (for kids)
• Legal Aid Office (Australian Capital Territory)
• Legal Aid Commission (New South Wales)
• Legal Information Access Centre (State Library - NSW)
• Law Society - Public Information (NSW) - information on various legal topics
• NSW Community Legal Centres
• Redfern Legal Centre
• Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Legal and Advocacy Service
• Caxton Legal Centre (Queensland)
• Central Queensland Community Legal Centre
• Legal Aid Queensland
• Tenants Union of Queensland
• Queensland Association of Independent Legal Services
• Youth Advocacy Centre (Queensland)
• Legal Services Commission of South Australia
• Welfare Rights Centre (South Australia)
• Hobart Community Legal Service Inc. (Tasmania)
• Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania
• Victoria Legal Aid
• Fitzroy Legal Service
• Tenants Union of Victoria
• Legal Aid of Western Australia
• Mental Health Law Centre (WA)
• Sussex Street Community Law Service
• Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service (WA)

Canada

• Alberta Youth Law
• Calgary Legal Guidance
• Edmonton Community Legal Centre
• Legal Aid Alberta
• British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• Community Legal Assistance Society (B.C.)
• The Law Centre (Victoria, British Columbia)
• Legal Services Society (B.C.)
• Community Legal Education Association (Manitoba)
• Legal Aid, Manitoba
• Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (Toronto)
• Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped (ARCH) (Ontario)
• Community Legal Education Ontario
• Justice for Children and Youth (Toronto)
• Keewaytinok Native Legal Services
• Legal Aid Ontario
• Aide Juridique Ontario
• Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services
• Ontario Tenants Rights
• Parkdale Community Legal Services(Toronto)
• Queen's Law Students Legal Aid Society (Kingston, Ontario)
• Commission des services juridiques  (Québec)
• Commission des services juridiques - Aide juridique (Québec) (English)
• Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA)
• Legal Aid Saskatchewan
• Yukon Legal Services Society

Europe

• Legal Aid - Austria
• Legal Aid - Belgium
• Juridische eerstelijnsbijstand (Belgium)
  
• Правна помощ - България (Bulgaria)
• Legal Aid - Czech Republic
• Københavns Retshjælp (Denmark)
• Bar Pro Bono Unit (England & Wales)
• Children's Legal Centre (UK)
• Law Centres Federation (England) 
• Legal Action Group (England and Wales)
• Legal Aid - England and Wales
• Legal Services Commission (England and Wales)
• Õigusabi - Eesti (Estonia)
• Legal Aid - Finland
• Legal Aid (Oikeusministeriö - Finland)
• Legal Aid - France
• Aide juridictionnelle: qui peut en bénéficier?(France)
• Legal Aid - Germany
• Beratungshilfe (Germany)
• Legal Aid - Greece
• Legal Aid - Hungary
• Legal Aid - Ireland
• Legal Aid Board (Ireland)
• Cúnamh Dlíthiúil Sibhialta (Ireland)
• Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
• Legal Aid - Northern Ireland
• Legal Aid - Italy
• Legal Aid - Latvia
• Legal Aid -  Lithuania
• Legal Aid - Luxembourg
• Legal Aid - The Netherlands
• Informasjon om den offentlige rettshjelpordningen (Norway)
• Legal Aid - Poland (CoE)
• Legal Aid - Portugal
• Portal da Justiça: Apoio Judiciário (Portugal)
• http://www.alrf.ru/en/our-projects/free-legal-aid-to-the-general-public (Portugal)
• Legal Aid - Romania
• First Legal Aid(Russia)
• Free Legal Aid to the Public (Russia)
• Legal Aid Clinic (Petrozavodsk State University)
• Legal Aid Clinic (Petrozavodsk State University - English)
• Клиническое юридическое образование (Russia)
• Legal Aid - Scotland
• Scottish Legal Aid Board
• Legal Aid -  Slovakia
• Legal Aid - Slovenia
• Asistencia Jurídica Gratuita (Spain)
• Funcionamiento del Sistema de Justicia Gratuita (Spain)
• Justicia Gratuita (Spain)
• Legal Aid - Spain
• Rättshjälp (Sweden)
• Legal Aid - Sweden

New Zealand

• Coalition of Community Law Centres
• Legal Services Agency

South and Central America

• Centro de Apoyo Legal Comunitario (Argentina)
• Legal Aid Center (Belize)
• Instituto Pro Bono (Brasil)
• SINAJUR (Sistema Nacional de Assistência Jurídica) (Brazil)

United States

• Pine Tree's Links to Legal Services Organizations in the U.S.