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Legal Aid Around the World

Pine Tree Legal Assistance will maintain here links to websites providing information about legal aid and legal services for the poor around the world. We will include as many as possible in this list. If you know of a site that should be listed, please let us know.

Africa

  • Africa Legal Aid (human rights organization in the Netherlands)
  • Legal Resources Centre - Ghana
  • Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia)
  • The Lawyers Centre for Legal Assistance (Sierra Leone)
  • Legal Aid and Advice (South Africa)
  • Legal Aid Board (South Africa)
  • Paralegal Advice (South Africa - self-help info)
  • University of Witwatersrand Law Clinic (Johannesburg)
  • Legal Resources Foundation (Zambia)
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    Asia

  • Legal Aid of Cambodia
  • Hauzhu Legal Aid Office (China)
  • Legal Aid Center (China) new
  • Legal Aid Center (China - English) new
  • 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 Services Council (Hong Kong)
  • Cyber Legal Aid (Goa, India)
  • National Legal Services Authority (India)
  • Japan Legal Aid Association
  • Japan Legal Aid Association (English)
  • Korea Legal Aid Corporation
  • Korea Legal Aid Corporation (English)
  • Pro Bono Legal Aid for Disabled Citizens Foundation (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Malaysia Bar
  • Integrated Bar of the Philippines Legal Aid Program
  • Legal Aid Bureau (Singapore)

    • 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
  • Caxton Legal Centre (Queensland)
  • Central Queensland Community Legal Centre
  • Legal Aid Queensland
  • Logan Youth Legal Service
  • Tenants Union of 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)
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    Canada

  • Calgary Legal Guidance
  • Legal Aid Society of Alberta
  • Public Legal Education Network of Alberta (PLENA)
  • Community Legal Assistance Society (B.C.)
  • Island J.A.D.E. Society (Vancouver Island, 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)
  • Toronto Tenants Associations and Information
  • Commission des services juridiques  (Québec)
  • Commission des services juridiques - Aide juridique(Québec)(English)
  • Aide Juridique (Québec)
  • Société Québécoise D'Information Juridique
  • Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA)
  • Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission
  • Yukon Legal Services Society
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    Europe

  • Legal Aid - Austria
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Austria (Council of Europe)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Azerbaijan Republic (CoE)
  • Barreau de Charleroi - L'aide juridique (Belgium)
  • L'aide Juridique au Barreau de Liege (Belgium)
  • Legal Aid - Belgium
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Belgium (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Czech Republic (CoE)
  • Københavns Retshjælp (Denmark)
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Denmark (CoE)
  • Bar Pro Bono Unit (England & Wales)
  • Children's Legal Centre (UK)
  • Community Legal Service Direct (was "Just Ask")
  • Law Centres Federation (England) 
  • Legal Action Group (England and Wales)
  • Legal Aid - England and Wales
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - England and Wales (CoE)
  • Legal Services Commission (England and Wales)
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Estonia (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - Finland
  • Legal Aid (Oikeusministeriö - Finland) 
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Finland
  • Legal Aid - France
  • Aide Juridictionnelle (France)
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - France
  • Legal Aid - Germany
  • Beratungshilfe (Germany)
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Germany
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Gilbratar
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Greece
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Greece
  • L'Aide Judiciaire - Comment En Beneficier? - Hongrie
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Iceland
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Iceland
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Ireland
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Ireland
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Northern Ireland
  • Legal Aid Department - Northern Ireland
  • Legal Aid and Advice in The Isle of Man
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Italy
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It - Italy
  • Legal Aid - How To Benefit From It -Latvia
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Liechtenstein (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Lithuania (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Luxembourg
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Luxembourg (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Macedonia (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Malta (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in The Netherlands
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Norway
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Norway (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Poland (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Portugal
  • Apoio Judiciário (Portugal)
  • Guia de Acesso ao Direito (Portugal)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Portugal (CoE)
  • L'Aide Judiciaire - Comment En Beneficier? - Roumanie (CoE)
  • First Legal Aid(Russia)
  • St. Petersburg Legal Aid
  • St. Petersburg Legal Aid (English)
  • Legal Aid Clinic (Petrozavodsk State University)
  • Legal Aid Clinic (Petrozavodsk State University - English)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Scotland
  • Scottish Legal Aid Board  
  • The Scottish Legal System - Legal Aid
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Slovak Republic
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Slovenia (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Spain
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Spain (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in Sweden
  • Legal Aid (Sweden)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Sweden (CoE)
  • Legal Aid - How to Benefit From It - Turkey (CoE)
  • Legal Aid and Advice in United Kingdom
  • Kharkiv Legal Aid Group (Ukraine) - contact information only
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    Israel

  • Legal Aid in Israel ("Siya-a mishpati")
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    New Zealand

    South and Central America

    United States

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