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In summary: evaluation of the appropriateness and sustainability of Victoria Legal Aid’s Summary Crime Program
In summary: evaluation of the appropriateness and sustainability of Victoria Legal Aid's Summary Crime Program evaluates whether, following changes to the program in 2012-2013, VLA`s SCP is appropriate to client...
Managing prejudicial publicity: an empirical study of criminal jury trials in New South Wales
The aim of this study was to gain insights into the effects of prejudicial publicity on criminal jury trails. These included details about the crime, observations from jurors about the...
Law informed: The value of telephone legal information services to clients
Do telephone legal information services fill a valuable place in the legal assistance landscape? Under its Research Alliance with Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), the Law and Justice Foundation followed up...
Legal Assistance Services Outcomes Frameworks: A Rapid Scoping Review
The successful use of outcomes frameworks as part of an outcomes-based approach to service design has many benefits by putting people's needs at the centre of design and delivery. An...
By the people, for the people? Community participation in law reform
This study is part of a research program undertaken by the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales concerning the access to justice and legal needs of disadvantaged people...
Reshaping legal assistance services: building on the evidence base: a discussion paper
This report draws on more than a decade of empirical research evidence - together with current experience of service providers - to inform the design and delivery of efficient and...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in Australia
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in the Northern Territory
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in the Australian Capital Territory
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in Tasmania
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in South Australia
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in Queensland
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in Western Australia
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in Victoria
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
Legal services in family law
The study compared family law services received by legally-aided and self-funded clients, and the services provided to legally-aided clients by private solicitors and Legal Aid Commission in-house solicitors, through the...
‘I would have given up without it’: An evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
An Evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services examines the program’s role in supporting access to justice for people with disability navigating the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Natural disaster-related legal need in Australia: State of the evidence
This report provides the first comprehensive summary of what is known about disaster-related legal needs in the Australian context and offers new insights to aid in understanding the specific challenges...
Claiming under the Motor Accidents Scheme
The aim of the study was to understand the significance of legal cost within the Scheme and to examine the relationship between legal cost and the process of resolving claims....
Access to justice and the COVID-19 pandemic
This policy brief, co-authored by the OECD and the Law & Justice Foundation of NSW, focuses on the immediate and medium-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for justice systems and...
Legal aid for committals: an evaluation of the impact of the centralised committals scheme
Legal aid for committals: an evaluation of the impact of the centralised committals scheme
No home, no justice? The legal needs of homeless people
This report into the legal needs of homeless people explores the capacity of homeless people in NSW to obtain legal assistance; to participate effectively in the legal system; and to...
Research Summary: ‘I would have given up without it’: An evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
Highlights findings from our evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services, and key lessons for improving access to justice for people with disability making an appeal to the Administrative...
Easy Read: Evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
Uses pictures and words to show how the NDIS Appeals Program helps people with disability to get legal support that they need.
Access to justice and legal needs. Stage 1: public consultations
Summarises the responses received as a result of submissions and consultations on legal needs and barriers to access to justice.
Collaborative Planning Resource – Service Planning
The Foundation developed the Collaborative Planning Resource (CPR) in support of the 2015 National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services (NPA) between the Commonwealth of Australia and the states/territories. It...
Data to inform assessment of legal needs in New South Wales
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of some information and data sources that are useful to consider in conducting a legal needs assessment in New South...
An evaluation of Legal Aid NSW’s Family Law Early Intervention Unit Duty Lawyer Service
The Family Law Early Intervention Unit (EIU) is a state-wide specialist service of Legal Aid NSW, funded under the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services. Among other services, the...
The legal needs of older people in NSW
The study looked at the particular barriers confronted by older people in accessing services to resolve legal issues, including any attitudinal barriers
Victoria Legal Aid: Information services literature scan
The purpose of this literature scan was to locate and summarise the available research evidence on information services, with a focus on what contributes to effective legal information. Victoria Legal...
Supporting people-centred justice insights with civil justice data
The administrative data collected by courts and tribunals has potential to inform decision-making, improve litigants’ experiences, and strengthen public trust and confidence in the justice system.
An Assessment of Legal Needs in NSW
The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW was approached by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice in September 2021 to prepare an assessment of legal needs in the jurisdiction....
Justice made to measure: NSW legal needs survey in disadvantaged areas
Six disadvantaged areas were surveyed by telephone interviews: three suburban areas within Sydney (Campbelltown, Fairfield, South Sydney), one major provincial centre (Newcastle) and two rural/remote areas (Nambucca and Walgett)
The changing face of litigation: unrepresented litigants in the Family Court of Australia
This project examines unrepresented litigants in the Family Court including: changes that may have contributed to increases; the characteristics of unrepresented litigants and the impact they have had on the...
Legal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit: process evaluation of the first nine months
The Legal Aid NSW DFV Strategy 2016-2018 aligns with government policies and priorities to ensure people who are affected by DFV receive high quality, client-centred and holistic services. The DVU...
The outcomes of community legal education: a systematic review, Justice issues paper 18
Community legal education (CLE) has been conducted in NSW for the last 30 years. It aims to raise awareness among community members about the law and legal processes, and improve...
Evidence-based policy & law making: Bail reform in New South Wales
What role should evidence play in shaping justice policy, particularly when decisions must balance individual rights, public safety, and community expectations? This edition of Justice Issues explores the importance of...
Reaching in by joining-up: evaluation of the legal assistance partnership between Legal Aid NSW and Settlement Services International
In March 2013, Legal Aid NSW and Settlement Services International entered into a partnership to provide legal services to people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds who are disadvantaged....
Legal Australia-Wide Survey: Legal need in New South Wales
The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines...
On the edge of justice: the legal needs of people with a mental illness in NSW
This study examines the legal and access to justice issues experienced by people with a mental illness. The methodology comprised a literature review, focus group discussions with key stakeholders, in-depth...