Fact file
Key highlights for Legal Aid NSW In 2015-2016 include:
- A new office set up in Albury to provide legal services in the Murray area;
- A full-time family lawyer now working in Broken Hill;
- Lawyers delivered 147,419 free legal advice and assistance services across the state;
- Mobile lawyers provided 17,771 legal advice services, including at 248 outreach locations (outreach locations increased by 62 per cent in four years);
- Free duty services at criminal, family and civil courts and tribunals increased by 12.3 per cent to 196,004;
- Lawyers held 2,796 family dispute resolution conferences in family law matters (78.5 per cent of them were fully or partially settled).
- 47 per cent of clients came from regional, rural, and remote NSW.
- 73 per cent more women than last year received support for domestic violence-related issues with the help of our new Domestic Violence Unit and roll-out of Safer Pathway through the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services
See our Annual Report for more information.