Evidence Bank

Mental health & wellbeing,

Case management reform: a study of the Federal Court’s individual docket system

Caroline Sage,

Ted Wright,

Carolyn Morris, | 2002

This project aimed to describe the individual docket system (IDS) as it has been implemented and to identify areas of difficulty as well as possible model practices or useful ways...

Procedural reform,

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families in Australian Coroners Courts: A review of the research literature on improving court experiences

Kerryn Butler, | 2021

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...

Client Groups,

Coroners Court,

Family and domestic abuse,

Quantifying the legal and broader life impacts of domestic and family violence, Justice issues paper 32

Christine Coumarelos, | 2019

New analysis of the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey reveals that respondents who had experienced domestic and family violence (DFV) reported 20 legal problems on average in the preceding 12 months,...

Domestic Violence,

LAW survey,

Immigration Advice and Rights Centre: website evaluation and needs analysis

Sarah Ellison,

Julia Perry, | 2002

This research study evaluated the Immigration Advice and Right Centre (IARC) website in relation to the needs of potenial and current users of the site.

Immigrants and refugees,

Technology,

An indicator of need for community legal centres: introducing NLAS(CLC), Justice issues paper 29

Catriona Mirrlees-Black, | 2019

In August 2018 the NSW government announced that it was adopting an application-based funding model following the Cameron Review of community legal centres and other community-based legal assistance services. The...

Indicators of legal need,

NLAS,

Future directions for pro bono legal services in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2002

This research project assessed the need for greater co-ordination of pro bono services in New South Wales, and a proposal to improve the structure, organisation and delivery of pro bono...

Lawyers,

Pro bono,

Need for legal assistance services: developing a measure for Australia, Justice issues paper 26

Catriona Mirrlees-Black,

Sarah Randell, | 2017

This paper describes how the Foundation developed the Need for Legal Assistance (NLAS) indicator which uses census data to assess potential demand by geographic location. It provides a count of...

Indicators of legal need,

NLAS,

Data insights in civil justice: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal – Overview (NCAT Part 1)

Suzie Forell,

Catriona Mirrlees-Black, | 2016

The Department of Justice NSW is seeking to optimise the use of civil court and tribunal data for evidence-based decision-making, specifically the civil divisions of the Local, District and the...

Self representation,

Access to justice roundtable: proceedings of a workshop, July 2002

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2003

The roundtable was held by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW and the Social Justice Project, University of NSW. It includes the papers presented, an report of discussions in...

Access to justice,

Collaboration and partnership,

Gateways to the law, an exploratory study of how non-profit agencies assist clients with legal problems

Sue Scott,

Caroline Sage, | 2001

Gateways to the Law is an in-depth exploration of how a range of non-profit agencies in New South Wales go about assisting clients with legal problems, and what issues they...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

Using court data to support planning legal assistance for First Nations people (Data insights in justice)

Delphine Bellerose,

Christine Coumarelos,

Geoff Mulherin, | 2021

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...

Criminal Justice,

Data insights in civil justice: NSW Supreme Court

Suzie Forell,

Christine Coumarelos,

Amanda Wilson, | 2018

The final of nine reports in the series, which encompasses the Local Court, District Court, Supreme Court, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), and the Land and Environment Court. For...

Data insights in civil justice,

Self representation,

The NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal: An analysis of clients, matters and determinations 1

Michael Cain,

Maria Karras,

Terence Beed,

Terry Carney, | 2011

In recent years, there has been much interest in Mental Health Tribunals (MHTs), their legislated role, functions and day-to-day operations. Much of the interest has centred on accumulating an evidence...

Mental health & wellbeing,

Disability,

Health and Disability,

Access to justice and legal needs: a project to identify legal needs, pathways and barriers for disadvantaged people in NSW. Background paper

Louis Schetzer,

Joanna Mullins,

Roberto Buonamano, | 2002

This paper aimed to assist those intending to make a submission or be involved in subsequent stages of the Access to Justice and Legal Needs project

Access to justice,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Review of Legal Aid NSW outreach legal services. Stage two report: Evolving best practice in outreach – insights from experience

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald,

Stephanie Ramsey,

Sarah Williams, | 2013

This report is published by the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales, an independent, not-for-profit organisation that seeks to advance the fairness and equity of the justice system,...

Evaluations,

Survey questions to identify priority groups

Catriona Mirrlees-Black, | 2023

Guidelines & Methods,

Justice Methods,

Legal needs surveys,

Methodology,

Cognitive impairment, legal need and access to justice, Justice issues paper 10

Abigail Gray,

Suzie Forell,

Sophie Clarke, | 2009

Cognitive impairment has consistently been raised in the Law and Justice Foundation's Access to Justice and Legal Needs (A2JLN) research as affecting and compounding legal need and hindering its resolution....

Disability,

Health and Disability,

Mental health & wellbeing,

Data insights in civil justice: NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal – Guardianship Division (NCAT Part 4)

Maria Karras,

Sarah Williams, | 2016

The Department of Justice NSW is seeking to optimise the use of civil court and tribunal data for evidence-based decision-making, specifically the civil divisions of the Local, District and the...

Self representation,

The legal information needs of older people

Susan Edwards,

Antonia Fontana, | 2004

This literature review examines the legal information needs and pathways of older Australians and the most effective ways of providing information to them.

Older people,

Other priority groups,

Quantitative legal needs survey: Bega Valley (pilot)

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2003

This survey examined the findings of a survey of legal needs in the Bega Valley local government area. It also forms the basis for a survey of six local government...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,

NLAS (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples)

Delphine Bellerose,

Catriona Mirrlees-Black, | 2024

Updated to complete the suite of NLAS indicators based on the 2021 Census, NLAS(Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples) is intended to support the planning of legal assistance services as...

Indicators of legal need,

NLAS,

Recent,