News and events

Recent events

30 July 2026

Justice Ideas Forum 2026

A look back at an energising day of bold ideas on access to justice, centred on the findings of our 2025 Justice Fellows, with highlights and photos.

30 July 2025

Justice Ideas Forum 2025

Justice Ideas 2025 showcased bold, evidence-informed ideas from our Justice Fellows, exploring practical solutions to complex justice challenges and sparking dialogue on reform across New South Wales.

26 February 2025

Webinar | Natural Disaster-Related Legal Need

Presented by Senior Researcher Dr Emily Kothe, this webinar recaps the Foundation’s research on how the legal assistance sector prepares for, and responds to natural disasters.

14 March 2024

Sunset Ideas Exchange

Our Sunset Ideas Exchange event brought together professionals from across the legal, justice and human services sector to celebrate the launch of our inaugural Justice Fellowships program, as well as providing an opportunity for shared insights, contribution and collaboration.

9 November 2023

Insights on Community Legal Need

This seminar explored crucial findings from Victoria Law Foundation’s first volume of its groundbreaking Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS), with presentations from Professor Nigel J. Balmer and Dr Hugh M. McDonald.

Recent news

December 2025

Research alert | Access to justice in RRR NSW

New research explores lawyers’ perspectives on access to justice in regional, rural and remote NSW. Drawing on in-depth interviews, the study examines service delivery challenges and opportunities to improve justice outcomes in RRR communities.

November 2025

Annual Report 2024-2025

Our Annual Report 2024–25 is available now. It outlines a year of momentum for the Foundation and the key developments across our work. Visit the report for the full picture.

October 2024

Legal needs dashboard update: Community Profiles

The Community Profiles Dashboard has been updated with recent data relating to indicators for social services, NDIS participants and domestic violence. The Dashboard enables you to identify a range of indicators in relation to people in the community who may be more vulnerable to experiencing legal problems.

October 2024

Updated area profiles data packs

Explore the latest insights into legal need in your community with our updated Area Profiles Data Packs for local government areas, as well as state and federal electorates across Australia.

Archived events

June 2026

Justice Ideas Forum 2026

Hear directly from our 2025 Justice Fellows as they share their findings on some of the most pressing access to justice issues in NSW. 29 July, Customs House