Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT)

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) (ALS), known also as Aboriginal Legal Service, is a community-run organisation in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, founded in 1970 to provide legal services to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders and based in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern. It now has branches across NSW and ACT, with its head office in Castlereagh Street, Sydney and a branch office in Regent Street, Redfern.

For other services called Aboriginal Legal Service, see Community legal centre § By state and territory.

The service was Australia’s first free legal service, setting the model for community legal aid, community legal centres and Aboriginal services Australia-wide.

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