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The Crowdfund for Lawyers Doing Public Interest Law

Solving the risks and unknowns of donation-based crowdfunding so lawyers can fight the justice gap, and donors can put their money where their values are.

Founded by a barrister. Launched June 2026. Interested? Contact us.

Why Article Two?
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We complement established funding pathways for public interest law. Our only requirement is that the campaign must be owned by an Australian-admitted lawyer.

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Fund anything legal, as soon as you’re ready to do it. We don’t require a trust account or a client, and we don’t limit ourselves to human rights or community law. Learn how to crowdfund compliantly with your obligations.

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The lawyers can’t do it without you. We never get your payment details. We only take 5 per cent and deduct processing fees. Put your money where your values are.

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We are not a law firm. We help your lawyer fund your campaign and comply with their professional duties. Need a lawyer? Contact us.

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What is public interest law?

Any use of law that can improve our community without punching down.
This can be any area of law and any subject: human rights, climate, economic justice, regulatory clarity, healthy competition.

Why ‘Article Two’?

Article 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees: non-discrimination on any status; guarantees of legislation and policy to give effect to the rights in the Covenant; and the right to an effective remedy from a competent court for breaches of the rights. 

“The law now looks favourably on funding arrangements that offer access to justice so long as any tendency to abuse of process is controlled... the present litigation attracts the principle that ‘Public policy now recognises that it is desirable, in order to facilitate access to justice, that third parties should provide assistance designed to ensure that those who are involved in litigation have the benefit of legal representation”
Fostif Pty Ltd v Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 83, per Mason P (as his Honour then was), at [105], cited on appeal in the High Court at Campbells Cash and Carry Pty Ltd v Fostif Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 386 at [65], per Gummow, Hayne, and Crennan JJ
“What the rule of law should promote is access to the courts for all members of the community where they have a grievance that the law recognises as arguable”
Knowles v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2022] FCA 1003, per Mortimer J (as her Honour then was), at [39]
“...there is a strong public interest in affected persons being able to test the legal validity of such a step without facing financial ruin or at least severe hardship if the challenge fails. To so hold serves the rule of law”
Kassam v Hazzard; Henry v Hazzard (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1599, Beech-Jones CJ at common law (as his Honour then was), at [11]
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A Future with Article Two
More public interest law and more public interest lawyers. More coalitions and communities. More specialist knowledge passed down.
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