Fact file
Key facts for Legal Aid NSW from 2018-2019 include:
Services to clients
Total services: 714,849
Our staff
Total staff: 1,326
Our finances
Our total income was $349.3 million and we spent $374.5 million.
See the Financial overview for details about where our funding comes from and how we spend it. Details about our community partnership program funding can be found in Appendix 4 and Appendix 5.
Practice area highlights
- In-house lawyers acted in 30.8% of the matters in which we provided representation
- The Work and Development Order Scheme supported vulnerable people clear $43 million in unpaid fines
- We increased the number of community legal education sessions we provide by 39.2% on the previous year
- We achieved a successful settlement rate of 78.6% in family dispute resolution conferences
- We delivered training to more than 1,100 lawyers around NSW ahead of major criminal justice reforms
- We increased our duty services to victims of domestic and family violence by 13%
See our Annual Report for more information.