Welcome to PILCH New South Wales
The Public Interest Law Clearing House of New South Wales is a membership-based, not-for-profit organisation facilitating and delivering legal services to individuals and not-for-profit organisations throughout New South Wales.
PILCH connects the private legal sector; the non-government and community sector; and vulnerable, marginalised or disadvantaged persons and groups through pro bono legal assistance and sustained advocacy on issues of widespread or systemic impact.
At PILCH what we do and how we do it is at the heart of who we are as an organisation.
PILCH is committed to protecting human rights, promoting social justice, and responding to emerging legal, social and ethical issues.
Latest news
- NGO Works – It does!
PILCH provides governance training for NGOs and makes referrals to member firms for individualised legal advice and assistance. During 2009/2010 there were 88 NGOs that benefited from individualised legal assistance. Read more about opportunities for members to be involved in NGO pro bono work or how NGOs can obtain pro bono legal assistance.
- End of year update
During 2012 PILCH has launched a major project and gained DGR status. Behind the scenes we have clarified our role, identified areas of legal need suitable for pro bono work coordinated by PILCH and commenced work on evaluating a number of new projects to create new opportunities for pro bono lawyers to contribute to increased access to justice.
- We know the word is spreading... 100 clients assisted by Offshore Asylum Seekers Project in three months
The PILCH OASP project began accepting clients on 19 August 2011. In the three months that we have been running, word has spread throughout detention centres, advocacy networks, migration agencies and the Courts about our ability to assist immigration detainees to find legal representation for judicial review. We know that word is spreading because the numbers of referrals is steadily rising. Just a few days ago we reached our 100th client contact.
