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About us

Not-for-profit organisations should spend their time delivering their vital services, not struggling to work out complex legal requirements. We’re here to help.

Who we are

Justice Connect's Not-for-profit Law program provides free and affordable specialist legal help for not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises. We give community organisations the legal supports they need so that they can spend more time and energy realising their purpose. We prevent legal problems through plain language resources and education, and provide access to free lawyers when eligible organisations need specialist legal advice.

We don't stop at providing legal support to those who need it most; we advocate for better laws. Leveraging our insights, evidence and expertise, we help challenge and change laws to improve the regulatory environment for not-for-profit organisations.

We're a charity ourselves, with over 10 years of experience, so we understand the context in which not-for-profit organisations operate. For some organisations, complying with complex laws can be daunting. For others, it is prohibitively expensive. That’s why we provide timely and appropriate legal support – to help community organisations make sense of the law, stay legally compliant, thrive within complexity, and achieve good governance.

By delivering our legal services and building the capabilities of volunteers, board members and staff, we empower stronger and more effective community organisations so that they can focus on helping people in need.  

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Free legal help

We provide eligible organisations with free legal advice from our team of expert lawyers, and our network of pro bono law firms.

About Justice Connect

Not-for-profit Law is a program of Justice Connect. In the face of rising levels of unmet legal need, Justice Connect designs and delivers high-impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice.

Meet the Not-for-profit Law team

Our team members are passionate, qualified lawyers and other specialists with sector expertise.

Geraldine Menere

Head of Not-For-Profit Law

Phoebe Duggan

Manager

Mae Tanner

Manager – Training & Enterprise

Chloe Tucker

Online Services Manager

Kaela Hughes

Senior Training Lawyer

Amy Williams

Principal Lawyer

Linh Le Hume

Principal Lawyer 

Anna MacGillivray

Senior Lawyer

Andrea Rogers

Senior Lawyer – Local Aboriginal Land Council Service

Caroline Baker

Online Lawyer

Alice Husband

Lawyer

Merryn Lynch

Lawyer

Justin Murphy

Lawyer

Sophie O'Bryan

Lawyer 

Janerose Okello

Lawyer

Nim Ekanayake 

Paralegal/Legal Administrator

Liv Loveday

Training Coordinator

Nicholas Moreno

Paralegal/Legal Administrator – Local Aboriginal Land Council Service