2022-23 at a glance
By the numbers*:
- 21,162 clients supported
- 140 courts attended
- 129,387 recorded services
*This data captures legal work across our Criminal Law Practice and Care & Protection/Family Law Practice in NSW and the ACT and recorded in line with the data standards manual. It does not capture social justice programs including tenants’ advocacy and advice services, or services delivered by the Ngurrambai Bail Support and Front-Up teams in the ACT.
This year we:
- Continued operating the ALS Fines Clinic thanks to donor support, helping to resolve over 2,200 fines
- Supported 37 families to seek answers into their loved ones' deaths
- Began supporting families at risk of having their children removed in the ACT
- Provided regular, in-person visits to all youth prisons in NSW
- Provided a lifeline for 29,563 calls to our Custody Notification Service - a 19% increase from last year
- Received record community support, with donations totalling over $3.9 million
- Increased our support for people facing domestic and family violence by launching new specialist services
- Ramped up community partnerships, engagement and sector strengthening with the introduction of a dedicated team
- Congratulated two senior ALS staff, Sarah Hopkins and Keisha Hopgood, on being appointed to the judiciary
- Led a national campaign for emergency funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
- Commenced the auspice of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
- Opened new offices delivering specialist services in Newcastle and Nowra
