[3] Before 1928 only prisoners or very poor people could apply to the Supreme Court for legal aid.

[5] VLA has a board of directors, a chief executive officer, three large in-house legal practice directorates, an in-house advocacy team, and legal and corporate support functions.

When the position of Managing Director at VLA was changed to Chief Executive Officer in November 2018, there was a vacancy on the Board.

[2] • Civil Justice Program • Criminal Law Program • Family, Youth and Children's Law Program[2] Victoria Legal Aid maintains an in-house advocacy practice to ensure it has thorough and practical knowledge of the needs and challenges of jurisdictions in which legal aid services are provided.

The primary function of Victoria Legal Aid Chambers (Chambers) is to provide high quality advocacy for legally aided clients in civil, criminal and family, youth and children’s law matters and to conduct strategic litigation to remedy a legal problem or change a policy or process to benefit an individual client and the broader community.