Our services
Community Law Wellington and Hutt Valley provides a range of services, from drop-in clinics to community advocacy training.
Please note, we can’t help with some issues:
- We don’t give advice to landlords, employers, businesses or people in dispute with community groups
- We can’t prepare or witness wills, powers of attorney, or relationship property agreements
- We don’t give advice about land and property transactions or administration of estates
If we can’t advise you, we can still give you pamphlets of legal information, and point you in the direction of other services.
Refugee and Immigration Legal Advice Service (RILAS)
Pou Whirinaki – Services to Māori
Restorative Justice
Employment Law
Services for Women
Community Groups
Legal Education
Rights Education Project
Conflict Resolution
The Student Rights Service
Free Legal Advice at Our Offices
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Free Legal Advice in Your Neighbourhood
Housing Advice & Advocacy Service
We have launched a specialist housing advice and advocacy service for people in Te Awakairangi, Lower Hutt. You can drop-in and speak to a lawyer on Thursdays between 12-2pm. We are now offering an 0800 call-back advice line for community members in Lower Hutt with housing-related legal issues. Call us confidentially on the Housing call-back
Tenancy Law
On Mondays in our Wellington office, you can drop-in to meet with a lawyer one-on-one about your tenancy issue. Some of the issues that Community Law may be able to help you with include: Evictions Rent increases Tenancy damage/repairs, applications to the Tenancy Tribunal Disputes with landlords and Kāinga Ora MSD social and emergency housing