About Us

Formerly the North Melbourne Legal Service, we have been providing free legal advice and assistance to our community since 1978. We changed our name to Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) in 2013 to better reflect the community we serve.

In 2022, IMCL merged with Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre (FKCLC). FKCLC began in 1980 as a volunteer service based at the Flemington Community Health Centre before it gained funding to provide free legal advice and assistance to the local area. The merger means IMCL now runs the Police Accountability Project, which has addressed police misconduct and human rights abuses for more than thirty years.

IMCL has a small but dedicated team of staff who are generously supported by volunteer solicitors, barristers and law students. We work with and maintain close links with a wide range of local community groups, organisations, and associations.

We are supported by funding from state and federal government as well as pro bono assistance and support from our corporate partners. We are a member of the Federation of Community Legal Centres and the National Association of Community Legal Centres.

You can find out more about our history here.

Inner Melbourne Community Legal acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we work, the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to their cultures and Elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

Everyone is welcome at Inner Melbourne Community Legal, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexuality.