Two firms. One mission.
Legal fees that pay for legal help.
Salvos Legal is a commercial law practice and a free humanitarian law practice, working side by side under The Salvation Army. Every matter our commercial team bills helps fund advice, representation and advocacy for people who could not otherwise afford it.
How the firm is built
One firm, funding another.
Our commercial practice acts for paying clients on ordinary commercial terms. Its earnings are directed to a second, separate practice that charges nothing at all. Both sit inside the one organisation, wholly owned by The Salvation Army, and both are staffed by qualified lawyers held to the same professional standards.
Fee-for-service legal work
We act for companies, government agencies and not-for-profits on the everyday legal work that keeps an organisation running — contracts, property, technology, structuring and succession.
- Corporate & commercial advice
- Property & development
- Technology & intellectual property
- Wills, estates & conveyancing
Free legal help, no means test theatre
A separate practice offering free advice and representation to people facing police matters, family breakdown, migration difficulties and human rights issues, reached by phone or at community advice bureaus.
- Police matters
- Family & children's law
- Migration & refugee law
- Human rights & public interest
Commercial practice snapshot
Where our paying clients put us to work.
Corporate & commercial
Structuring, contracts and governance for growing organisations.
Property law
Acquisitions, leasing and development matters, handled end to end.
Technology & IP
Protecting ideas, platforms and brand assets as they scale.
Social impact & NFP
Legal support for charities, foundations and social enterprises.
Residential conveyancing
Straightforward settlements for buyers and sellers.
Wills & estates
Planning for the future and administering estates with care.
Recognised for doing both things well
Over the years the firm has been recognised repeatedly by the Australian legal industry, both for the quality of its commercial work and for its social-enterprise model, and holds recognised certification as a social enterprise. Read more on our about page and see the model in action on our impact page.
Three ways in.
Need legal help?
If money is the barrier, our humanitarian firm may be able to help with police, family, migration or human rights matters.
Get in touchWant to give?
Donations extend the reach of our advice bureaus and clinics beyond what fee income alone can fund.
See how giving helpsWant to work here?
We hire commercial solicitors, migration agents, paralegals — and welcome volunteer lawyers.
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