Handbook for lawyers

Sign up to ATLAS – our online system for practitioners to lodge and track applications for grants of legal assistance, extensions of assistance and claims.

Updates about ATLAS, our online grants management system for practitioners.

For step-by-step instructions on how to use the most common functions in ATLAS.

We are expanding our funding guidelines for family violence intervention order matters to better meet the needs of people who need support.

A special conference on Wurundjeri Country brought together representatives from across the justice and legal sectors to support implementation of the latest reforms to the Bail Act 1977 (Vic).

While many simplified grants are automatically approved, our grants management system (ATLAS) can stop grants for a variety of reasons. Learn more about how to avoid a negative assessment.

We are changing our not guilty guideline to better support people and communities who face systemic injustice.

The guidelines for duty lawyer and Help Before Court services have been updated to better support clients and staff.

Read more information on how to assist clients who have family violence proceedings running alongside summary crime matters.

Download the tax invoice, grant application and other forms, worksheets and checklists.

How VLA handles and protects the personal information it receives in relation to grants of legal assistance.

Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) may make a grant of legal assistance to a person under our special circumstances guidelines.