Page updated on: Tuesday February 26, 2008

About Us

Wellington Community Law Centre provides a variety of legal services to the community in Wellington.  We aim to inform and educate the community about their legal rights and obligations.  We offer the following services:

Free Legal Advice

We offer a variety of free legal advice sessions including general sessions and specialist sessions for women, refugees and migrants, older people and mental health consumers.  We have Justices of the Peace available at set times. For more information click here or contact info@wclc.org.nz .

Legal Education

We offer a range of legal education series to the community including Legal Education for Community Workers, Legal Seminars for Communiyt Groups, Mental Health and the Law, Family Law, Older Persons and the Law, Youth Law and Introduction to NZ Law for Refugees and Migrants.  We provide legal education to community groups and can tailor education programmes to meet the needs of individual groups.  We run regular Legal Lunchbox seminars on legal topics.  For more information click here or contact kay@wclc.org.nz.

Legal Information

We produce a number of legal resources and publications available to community groups and members of the public. For more information click here.

Advice and Assistance to Community Groups

We provide legal advice and assistance to community groups based in Wellington on issues such as setting up legal entities, constitutional matters, employment and privacy.  For more information contact info@wclc.org.nz.