More than 10,000 asylum seekers living in Victoria will be able to access legal assistance under a new two-year initiative announced by the State Government.

Key points: Initiative to be funded by Victoria Legal Aid

Initiative to be funded by Victoria Legal Aid Program to provide lawyers and a coordinator to organise pro-bono and low-cost assistance

Program to provide lawyers and a coordinator to organise pro-bono and low-cost assistance Asylum seekers will be helped with visa applications and protection claims

The initiative is funded by Victoria Legal Aid and will enable two community legal centres — Refugee Legal and Justice Connect— help asylum seekers prepare visa applications and express their claims in writing.

Under the Federal Government's "fast-track" system, asylum seekers living in the community while awaiting processing have no right to a review if their claim for protection is rejected.

Attorney-General Martin Pakula said there was an enormous backload of refugee cases in Victoria.

"There are some 11,000 that formed the legacy case load," he said.

"These are people predominately arrived in Australia between August 2012 and the beginning of 2014.

"The Commonwealth withdrew all kinds of funded legal assistance for those people back in 2014.

"This partnership between Legal Aid, Refugee Legal and Justice Connect means that those people can have appropriate legal representation so that their claims can be properly processed and properly managed."

The initiative will provide for dedicated immigration lawyers and a coordinator to finalise pro-bono and low cost assistance, Mr Pakula said.

"That combined means that proper legal services can be provided to these people who are very much in need of it," he said.