We connect volunteer lawyers with disadvantaged kiwis to make the justice system fairer and more accessible. Together, we improve people’s lives and strengthen our society.
We target pro bono in the right places:
This delivers great outcomes:
Most legal problems happen to disadvantaged individuals. Our main work links these people to volunteer lawyers for one-off bits of help. Examples of this work include:
We take public interest cases. These cases support a functioning democracy and economy. Examples of this work include:
We help build capability within legal assistance organisations. Examples of this work include:
Simpson Grierson provided detailed, written guidance to Community Law Centres in response to the covid traffic light system. This happened within 3 days of the system being announced. The information was also posted as FAQs on the Community Law website (which receives 1.5m hits a year).