Author: Ben Scott
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...
The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 1: Everyday Problems and Legal Need (2023)
This report is the first of three volumes from the PULS. and explores how everyday legal problems are experienced, what people do about them and if they are resolved. Visit...
Submission to the Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Program – October 2023
The Foundation’s submission to the review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership (NLAP) 2020-25. The NLAP is a national partnership agreement between the Australian Government and all states and territories...
Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission – June 2023
The Foundation’s submission to the National Children Commissioner’s consultation on youth justice and child wellbeing reform.
Submission to Commonwealth Treasury – May 2023
The Foundation’s submission to the Commonwealth Treasury’s Measuring What Matters first national wellbeing framework. The framework will track the country’s progress towards a more healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive and prosperous...
Mapping Justice Project in Victoria
EXTERNAL - Conducted by the Victoria Law Foundation, the Data Mapping Project examines how administrative data is collected and used in the Victorian civil justice system. The project explores administrative data collected in...
Making the invisible visible: using Census data to measure potential demand for human services
Presentation to 2023 Australian Social Policy Conference: Social Policy for Social Change (11 September 2023) on using data for human services.
Need for Legal Assistance Services (NLAS) indicators – 2021 Census update
The Foundation’s NLAS(Capability) and NLAS(Community) indicators have been updated with the most recent (2021) Census data, with counts available at various levels of geography. These counts provide a comparative indicator...
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG16) Survey Initiative Questionnaire (2022)
EXTERNAL - The SDG16 Survey initiative is a jointly developed by UNDP, UNODC, and OHCHR survey tool that measures progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG16. It can support...
The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Annotated Questionnaire (2022)
EXTERNAL - Victoria Law Foundation has undertaken a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand, and engage with the law. This resouce is the full text and routing of the...
An analysis of Legal Aid service data: two Jurisdictional Profiles
This report presents an analysis of Legal Aid service delivery data in NSW (2018-19) and the NT (2020-21). This report aims to showcase the work of Legal Aid services in...
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...
Estimating legal needs for planning and reporting purposes (2021)
VIDEO - A short video highlighting some key points to consider when undertaking a legal needs assessment to inform your service planning strategy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57wWy6A3mGs
Using court data to support planning legal assistance for First Nations people (Data insights in justice)
To enable legal assistance services to appropriately structure available resources and plan most effectively to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system, it is important to...
Locating legal assistance demand: using courts data to support legal service planning for First Nations people in NSW
This project aimed to support service planning for the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd (ALS) by sourcing and analysing relevant data and devising a proxy indicator for demand for legal...
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....
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australian Coroners Courts: A review of the research literature on improving court experiences
Coroners courts in many jurisdictions throughout Australia are seeking ways to ensure their processes and practices are culturally sensitive, particularly for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands families. This report...
Productivity Commission’s Indigenous Evaluation Strategy (2020)
EXTERNAL - The Productivity Commission has developed an evaluation strategy to be used by all Australian Government agencies. The Strategy sets out a new approach to evaluation policies and programs affecting...
