Anika Legal
Anika Legal seeks to solve this social inequality by providing an online platform that gives free legal advice to vulnerable members of the community.
Each year, 490,000 Australians don’t get the legal help they need due to an overburdened legal system. At the same time, only 0.3% of Australians qualify for legal aid. This means that people with a legal problem who don’t fall into that 0.3% but can’t afford a lawyer, aren’t protected by the justice system. Anika Legal connects people who need legal help with law students enrolled at partner universities, who are supervised by experienced lawyers to provide high quality, free advice.
2019 Pitch
Funds raised: $25,200
Noel Lim from Anika Legal pitched at TFN Melbourne for funding to expand their team so they can continue to provide free legal advice to people in need and scale their impact, providing more accessible legal support to vulnerable members of the community.
The Impact…
The funding has enabled Anika Legal to employ a principal lawyer and establish an independent legal practice to continue providing legal assistance to vulnerable Victorians. The team has since launched a COVID-19 rent reduction service and assisted more than 180 Victorians in need to maintain safe and secure housing, including a significant number who experienced housing insecurity throughout the pandemic.
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2023 Pitch
Funds Raised: $89,871
Noel Lim, CEO of Anika Legal pitched for funds to move into a new area of law, being debt. The funds are being used to develop a new legal service that helps renters navigate crushing debt that keeps them from accessing safe housing.
The Impact…
The funding was used to design the energy debt service, develop the partnerships to operate it, and build the infrastructure needed to link it into their existing systems allowing them to support 50 people in need.
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