Make a tax-deductible donation so we can invest your funds where they’re needed the most, supporting lawyers and legal teams overseas to achieve the extraordinary.
Since 2011, the ACLS has been supporting Christians in the legal profession doing extraordinary things around the world.
The ACLS was originally known as CLEAR International Australia Ltd (CLEAR Australia), where CLEAR stands for Christian legal education, aid and research.
A brief history:
In 2011, the first joint mission trip to visit the CLEAR offices in Rwanda and Kenya was undertaken by lawyers from Australia and the United Kingdom and from that trip the vision for CLEAR Australia was born. Since that trip, many Australian lawyers and law students have travelled to East Africa and supported the profoundly life-changing work of our East African brothers and sisters in the legal profession. Check out some photos from the 2025 Mission Trip on our LinkedIn page.
After the last Australasian Christian Legal Convention in 2016, CLEAR Australia was renamed to ACLS to also reflect our role to serve the State and Territory Christian legal fellowships.
Right now, in East Africa, too many people continue to live without access to basic legal protections.
Women face discrimination in property rights.
Families struggle without proper documentation.
Communities lack advocates who can fight for them and succeed.
If you attended our fundraiser for The Episcopal University (TEU) School of Law in South Sudan in 2025, year, you’d also know about high levels of poverty, crime, and tribal tensions which erupt regularly that are making access to education at all levels a challenging and urgent need for South Sudan.
But through our community’s efforts, we are making a difference.
We fund a Christian legal team on the ground which provides education to communities so that widows and their children can exercise their rights to receive land. Although amendments to achieve this was passed in 2003, community awareness of these reforms remains low and women and children are often forced out of their home, sometimes with violence.
In 2026, we want to expand our reach to fund more projects, including to help meet a current need in Burundi to support a local Christian lawyer to conduct legal education for pastors on land and family laws and provide pro bono support for prisoners. In Burundi, remand prisoners make up around 47% of the prison population, and remand time is often several years. In November 2025, Burundi’s prison population was almost 13,000 although prison capacity is 4,294 across 13 prisons. Funds are required to provide for transport costs and court fees, enabling pro bono advocates to take on more cases.
Your gift will fund Christian legal fellowships on the ground, whose projects fall within the AusAid requirements for deductible funds.
Will you support Christians in the legal profession to do the extraordinary?
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
Make a tax-deductible donation so we can invest your funds where they’re needed the most, supporting lawyers and legal teams overseas to achieve the extraordinary.
Since 2011, the ACLS has been supporting Christians in the legal profession doing extraordinary things around the world.
The ACLS was originally known as CLEAR International Australia Ltd (CLEAR Australia), where CLEAR stands for Christian legal education, aid and research.
A brief history:
In 2011, the first joint mission trip to visit the CLEAR offices in Rwanda and Kenya was undertaken by lawyers from Australia and the United Kingdom and from that trip the vision for CLEAR Australia was born. Since that trip, many Australian lawyers and law students have travelled to East Africa and supported the profoundly life-changing work of our East African brothers and sisters in the legal profession. Check out some photos from the 2025 Mission Trip on our LinkedIn page.
After the last Australasian Christian Legal Convention in 2016, CLEAR Australia was renamed to ACLS to also reflect our role to serve the State and Territory Christian legal fellowships.
Right now, in East Africa, too many people continue to live without access to basic legal protections.
Women face discrimination in property rights.
Families struggle without proper documentation.
Communities lack advocates who can fight for them and succeed.
If you attended our fundraiser for The Episcopal University (TEU) School of Law in South Sudan in 2025, year, you’d also know about high levels of poverty, crime, and tribal tensions which erupt regularly that are making access to education at all levels a challenging and urgent need for South Sudan.
But through our community’s efforts, we are making a difference.
We fund a Christian legal team on the ground which provides education to communities so that widows and their children can exercise their rights to receive land. Although amendments to achieve this was passed in 2003, community awareness of these reforms remains low and women and children are often forced out of their home, sometimes with violence.
In 2026, we want to expand our reach to fund more projects, including to help meet a current need in Burundi to support a local Christian lawyer to conduct legal education for pastors on land and family laws and provide pro bono support for prisoners. In Burundi, remand prisoners make up around 47% of the prison population, and remand time is often several years. In November 2025, Burundi’s prison population was almost 13,000 although prison capacity is 4,294 across 13 prisons. Funds are required to provide for transport costs and court fees, enabling pro bono advocates to take on more cases.
Your gift will fund Christian legal fellowships on the ground, whose projects fall within the AusAid requirements for deductible funds.
Will you support Christians in the legal profession to do the extraordinary?
Yes
Yes, as soon as your donation is processed.
