SCALES is a community legal centre established in April 1997 by Murdoch University in partnership with the local community. SCALES runs a Clinical Legal Education unit and an Advanced Clinical Legal Education unit.
SCALES provides free legal advice, information and representation to low income people living in the Kwinana and Rockingham areas and deals with clients predominantly in the following areas: criminal law; domestic violence; family law; public housing and tenancy; immigration and refugee law; Centrelink; criminal injuries.
SCALES also provides a state-wide service in the area of immigration.