New Ventures Clinic

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New Ventures Clinic is a social enterprise legal clinic that provides legal assistance to people from under-served communities across Australia who are:

1) Emerging or current business owners, entrepreneurs and /

2) Migrants, refugees, international students and young people who are experiencing disadvantage. 

New Ventures Clinic (“NVC”) will serve emerging businesses and enterprises who:

  • don’t meet the eligibility criteria of Legal Aid services or

  • are unable to access a private lawyer / accountant without incurring substantial financial hardship.

We intend to assist clients who fall within this category of “the missing middle.”

NVC provides a holistic, end-to-end legal service for employers and employee with emerging businesses to assist with their needs intersecting across different legal areas - including:

  • Migration law

  • Employment law

  • Startup law

  • Business law

  • Commercial law

Mission

NVC intends to provide high-quality legal assistance and serve over 2,000 clients from CALD and migrant backgrounds over the next 3 years through pro bono and low bono services, high-impact online community education programs and bespoke place-based workshops, derived from referrals and in partnership with other community organisations and community legal centres. 

New Ventures Clinic will also connect over 100 university / graduate students from under-served and CALD backgrounds engaging in law and commerce studies with a high-quality, practical training program consisting of supervised internship and paid placements.