Great idea for a large number of people
Completed
ANIKA
Free online legal advice for vulnerable community members
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Daniel
Project partner: Moonee Valley Legal Service
Region
Western Metro
Budget
Votes
1,138 votes received
Spread the word
Before participating in Pick My Project please log in or register to YourSAy.
ANIKA improves access to justice by harnessing the power of legal education. Each year, 490,000 Australians don’t receive the legal help they need. Meanwhile, law students are desperate for practical training. ANIKA connects people who desperately need legal advice with law students from partner universities. Community members will submit their legal problem on anikalegal.com. The matter is assigned to a law student who drafts the advice. This is reviewed and amended by an ANIKA lawyer and then sent to our user. Our online model allows users to get quick, free legal advice - no exorbitant fees or huge turnaround times.
The law is complex. Legal fees are unaffordable. Legal aid funding is scarce. Each year, 170,000 Australians are turned away from community legal centres.
This grant will enable ANIKA to develop as a project of Moonee Valley Legal Service, to provide community members with the legal help they desperately need.
Further, this single investment in ANIKA’s development means that it can be rolled out state-wide. Our university partners will pay a fee-per-student enrolled in the ANIKA unit, so ANIKA will be financially independent, providing free legal advice on an ongoing basis, to those who need it most.
COMPLETED PROJECT
Project details
Suggested by: Daniel
Project partner: Moonee Valley Legal Service
Region
Western Metro
Budget
Votes
1,138 votes received
Spread the word
Before participating in Pick My Project please log in or register to YourSAy.
Comments
Comments closed
Like
(0)
Go on guys!
Like
(0)
Well done
So proud of you n so desperately needed for the lost least n last of us in our community
Like
(0)
Go team!
Like
(0)
I love this initiative as much as I love you guys! Go team! You deserve the funding X
Like
(0)
Great initiative! Best of luck!
Like
(0)
Good Luck! Hope this gets up!
Like
(0)
Great initiative - good like guys!
Like
(0)
What a great initiative. Good luck 🌼
Like
(0)
Great initiative!
Like
(0)
This is absolutely fantastic and absolutely necessary given how pushed legal aid are to assist all who need help.
Like
(0)
Fantastic initiative. Looking forward to this going live!
Like
(0)
Great stuff! Good luck guys
Like
(0)
Great initiative - All the best!
Like
(0)
Good luck!:)
Like
(0)
Best of Luck! Fingers Crossed! :)
Like
(0)
Good luck
Like
(0)
Good luck guys!
Like
(0)
Great initiative!
Like
(0)
Best of luck!
Like
(0)
Good luck!
Like
(0)
Good luck :)
Like
(0)
Good luck guys...
Like
(1)
Good luck Perveen - well done to you and your colleagues for putting this together. Truly inspiring.
Like
(0)
biubiuhew
12 Sep 2018
Good idea