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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Developing a triage framework: linking clients with services at Legal Aid NSW

Triage refers to the practice of responding to and sorting the people's legal problems on their degree or type to channel them to the appropriate service. The purpose of triage...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Legal Assistance Services Outcomes Frameworks: A Rapid Scoping Review

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

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...
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Recruitment and retention of lawyers in regional, rural and remote New South Wales

Public legal services for disadvantaged people in NSW have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining solicitors in regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas. Difficulties are also reported in attracting sufficient...
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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...
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Data digest: a compendium of service usage data from NSW legal assistance and dispute resolution services, 1999-2002

Analyses data collected by the main publicly funded NSW legal service providers on the nature of inquiries received, the demographic characteristics of inquirers and the pathways they took to resolve...
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Access to justice and legal needs: A project to identify legal needs, pathways and barriers for disadvantaged people in NSW. Stage 1: Data digest

A Compendium of Service Usage Data from NSW Legal Assistance and Dispute Resolution Services, 1999–2002
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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...
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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...
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Plaintiffs’ satisfaction with dispute resolution processes: trial, arbitration, pre-trial conference and mediation

This is a detailed study of plaintiffs' perceptions of four dispute resolution procedures in the NSW District court's Sydney registry and private mediation through the New South Wales Law Society...
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Law and disorders: illness/disability and the experience of everyday problems involving the law, Justice Issues 17.

This paper draws on the LAW Survey data to examine the relationship between legal problem experience and different types of mental and physical illness/disability. The findings confirm the existence of...
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Conciliation in Australian civil justice: An evidence snapshot

Conciliation in Australian civil justice: An evidence snapshot

This snapshot brings together research evidence on the role of conciliation in Australian civil justice systems. It aims to build understanding of conciliation practices, their benefits and risks, and the...
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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...
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