Victoria Legal Aid

Victoria Legal Aid
Agency overview
FormedDecember 1995
Preceding agency
  • Legal Aid Commission of Victoria
JurisdictionGovernment of Victoria
Agency executive
  • Louise Glanville, Chief Executive Officer[1]
Websitewww.legalaid.vic.gov.au

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), formerly the Legal Aid Commission of Victoria, is an Australian organisation that provides information, legal advice and education.[2] As a statutory authority, VLA operates under the Legal Aid Act 1978 and is funded by the Australian Government for matters that fall under Commonwealth law, and the Victorian state government. The majority of Commonwealth law matters fall within the family law jurisdiction.[2] Another source of funding is from the public purpose fund, made up of interest paid on money that is collected by the Legal Services Board from solicitors' trust accounts.

As of 2020, Louise Glanville is CEO.

  1. ^ "Senior executives". Victoria Legal Aid. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Owen, Rhys (14 September 2018). "Annual Report 2018–19". www.legalaid.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 22 October 2019.