Free legal advice
Are you searching for free legal advice?
At the free legal advice bureau of the city of Zurich and the Zurich Bar Association the public can obtain a 15-minute long, free legal advice consultation. Our attorneys will provide information to you in short, personal conversations and answer your legal questions.
Please note, that there is no legal advice consultation provided by telephone.
Zurich
Consultation Hours
Die free legal advice bureau of the town of Zurich and of the Zurich Bar Association takes place under the following address:
AZL Amtshaus Werdplatz, Strassburgstrasse 9, 8004 Zurich, map
Monday to Wednesday
The appointments are distributed from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and take place between 5.30 p.m. and 7.30p.m.
Thursday
The appointments are distributes from 5.00 p.m. to 6 p.m. and take place between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
A securitas employee will be waiting for you in the reception lodge of the AZL.
Please be back at the lobby at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your appointment. The Securitas employee will then guide you to the upper floor.
Please note that there may be waiting times and the number of legal advice appointments is limited. If you have not received an appointment for the same evening, you can come back on a different day. Appointments can not be reserved in advance.
Pets are not permitted in the AZL.
Bülach
Allmendstrasse 6, 8180 Bülach
Tickets will be distributed at reception. The ticket counter opens one hour before the appointments start.
consultation hours
every second Thursday, 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., according to schedule
The counselling rooms are wheelchair-accessible and easily accessible for people with disabilities.
Dübendorf
Schulhausstrasse 8, 8600 Dübendorf, map and details
The attorneys will be at your disposal from 6.15 p.m. until 7.15 p.m.
In the publication below, you will find all the information you need.
The free legal advice is only for the residents of:
Dübendorf, Fällanden, Schwerzenbach, Volketswil and Wangen-Brüttisellen
Horgen
Baumgärtlihof, Baumgärtlistrasse 12, 8810 Horgen, map
Consultation hours
according to announcement 2025
Other Legal Advice Centres
Legal advice centres in the Canton of Zurich that are not operated by the Zurich Bar Association. Further information can be found on the respective websites.
Regional courts
Bezirksgericht Affoltern
Bezirksgericht Andelfingen
Bezirksgericht Bülach
Bezirksgericht Dielsdorf
Bezirksgericht Dietikon
Bezirksgericht Hinwil
Bezirksgericht Horgen
Bezirksgericht Meilen
Bezirksgericht Pfäffikon
Bezirksgericht Uster
Bezirksgericht Winterthur
Bezirksgericht Zürich
Further legal advice centres
Rechtsauskunftsstelle Zürcher Oberland
You can find more legal advice centres in our publication «Alles, was Recht ist» starting on page 13.