Legal
Please note the UMSU Legal Service will be closed for the public holiday on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. If you need legal help while the service is closed, please contact Victoria Legal Aid on 1300 792 387
The UMSU Legal Service is a nationally-accredited community legal centre that provides free and confidential legal help and financial counselling to current University of Melbourne students.
The legal service is staffed by qualified lawyers, and provides assistance on various legal issues, including:
- Renting
- Employment law
- Fines / infringements
- Minor criminal law
- Consumer law
- Car and bike accidents
- Family violence / personal safety
- Discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Debts
Before contacting the UMSU Legal Service, we recommend reviewing our Legal Information resources below - you can find the answers to many common legal issues here. Please also review our page on Working with your Lawyer below to help you understand how we operate, and what to expect when you contact us.
To contact us, please select Get Legal Help below to complete our contact form.
Our contact form is available to submit new enquiries every week from Monday to Thursday. For enquiries outside our contact hours, we recommend contacting Victoria Legal Aid here.
Last updated: 6 March 2025