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Thoughts on incorporating specialist services into the planning of legal assistance services

Geoff Mulherin, | 2018

Just Futures - Shaping our vision beyond 2020, National Association of Community Legal Centres Conference (29 August 2018). This conference paper aims to take the discussion beyond ‘working well together’...

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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2018 Collaborative Planning Resource Presentation for the Senior Rights Service

Catriona Mirrlees-Black,

Sarah Randell, | 2018

Seniors Rights Legal Service (16 April 2018) 2018 Collaborative Planning Resource Presentation to Seniors Rights Service on using the CPR online tool: step by step demonstration.

Data,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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2018 Collaborative Planning Resource Presentation for NLAF

Geoff Mulherin, | 2018

NSW Legal Assistance Forum Plenary Meeting (21 March 2018) The 2015 Collaborative Planning Resource was funded by the Commonwealth to provide information in support of state and territory planning. It...

Data,

Legal assistance services,

NLAS,

Planning service delivery,

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In summary: evaluation of the appropriateness and sustainability of Victoria Legal Aid’s Summary Crime Program

Hugh McDonald,

Amanda Wilson,

Zhigang Wei,

Sarah Randell,

Suzie Forell, | 2017

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...

Criminal Justice,

Evaluations,

Legal assistance services,

What works | Access to Justice,

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Community legal education and information at Legal Aid NSW: activities, costs and a framework for planning

Community legal education and information at Legal Aid NSW: activities,costs and a framework for planning

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

A Foundation review of Legal Aid NSW’s CLEI activities reveals new findings and discusses strategic directions, relevant to Legal Aid NSW and CLEI practitioners more broadly. The review included a...

Community legal education,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Collaborative Planning Resource – Service Planning

Christine Coumarelos,

Hugh McDonald,

Suzie Forell,

Zhingang Wei, | 2015

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...

Assessing legal need,

Legal assistance services,

Legal needs,

Planning service delivery,

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Timing early intervention article

Timing early intervention

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos,

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

This paper is drawn from Reshaping legal assistance services: building on the evidence base: a discussion paper by Pleasence, P, Coumarelos, C, Forell, S & McDonald, HM (2014). The Reshaping...

Evaluations,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Community legal education and information at Legal Aid NSW: activities, costs and future planning

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

This report profiles Legal Aid NSW's community legal education and information (CLEI) activities over a 12-month period to 30 September 2014, and discusses issues in costing CLEI. This is the...

Community legal education,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

Legal education,

Planning service delivery,

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Article about Planning legal outreach

Planning legal outreach

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos,

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2015

This paper defines legal outreach and summarises the different models that can be used to deliver legal outreach. It describes the key characteristics of successful legal outreach and the benefits...

Legal assistance services,

Outreach,

Planning service delivery,

Service Delivery,

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The development of the Legal Assistance Service Data Digest and Data Digest Online

Catriona Mirrlees-Black,

Stephanie Ramsey, | 2014

This paper reports on a project by the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales to develop a database and associated online application to facilitate access to data on...

Data,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

Service data,

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Reshaping legal assistance services: building on the evidence base: a discussion paper

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos,

Suzie Forell,

Hugh McDonald, | 2014

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...

Access to and use of services,

Evaluations,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

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Reaching in by joining-up: evaluation of the legal assistance partnership between Legal Aid NSW and Settlement Services International

Hugh McDonald,

Suzie Forell,

Zhigang Wei,

Sarah Williams, | 2014

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....

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse,

Evaluations,

Immigration and Refugees,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

What works | Access to Justice,

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Article about Reshaping legal assistance services, building on the evidence base: summary

Reshaping legal assistance services, building on the evidence base: summary

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2014

The Reshaping legal assistance services discussion paper draws on a substantial base of empirical research – together with current experience of service providers – to inform the design and delivery...

Access to justice,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Article about barriers to obtaining advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Barriers to obtaining advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2014

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found that a sizeable proportion of people seek advice for the legal problems they experience, however, many report barriers to accessing the legal help they...

Access to and use of services,

Access to justice,

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

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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,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

Outreach,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

Service Delivery,

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Review of Legal Aid NSW outreach legal services Stage 1 report: statistical overview of services, 2010-2012

Suzie Forell,

Stephanie Ramsey,

Hugh McDonald,

Sarah Williams, | 2013

The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW was asked by Legal Aid NSW to provide an overview of existing outreach services at Legal Aid NSW (Stage 1), and draw upon...

Data,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

Outreach,

Planning service delivery,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

Service Delivery,

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Legal needs overview of the Far South East region of New South Wales

Stephanie Ramsey,

Deborah Macourt, | 2013

This was a project funded by a grant from the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales prepared this report as an...

Data,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Disadvantage and responses to legal problems in remote Australia – a working paper

Reiny Iriana,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

New analyses from the Legal Australia-WIDE (LAW) Survey confirm that high levels of disadvantage are associated with a lower likelihood of taking action and seeking professional advice in respones to...

Client Groups,

Disadvantage,

Disadvantage | ATJ,

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

Regional & Remote,

Rural & Remote,

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What price justice? Income and the use of lawyers

Pascoe Pleasence,

Deborah Macourt, | 2013

This paper presents new findings from the LegalAustralia Wide (LAW) Survey. The first major findings for Australia as a whole were published in Legal Australia-Wide Survey: legal need in Australia...

Access to and use of services,

Disadvantage,

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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Seeking formal advice for legal problems in the ACT

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) concerning the use of advisers for legal problems in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). What people in the ACT...

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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Awareness of legal services and responses to legal problems in remote Australia

Reiny Iriana,

Pascoe Pleasence,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2013

New findings from the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey suggest that, overall, the use of legal advisers decreases with remoteness. In very remote areas, respondents who were not aware of various...

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

Regional & Remote,

Rural,

Rural & Remote,

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Seeking formal advice for legal problems in New South Wales

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2013

This paper summarises findings from the Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) concerning the use of advisers for legal problems in New South Wales (NSW). What people in NSW do about...

LAW survey,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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Awareness of not-for-profit legal services in Australia

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2012

The Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey found sizeable gaps in respondents’ awareness of not-for-profit legal services. There was high recognition of ‘Legal Aid’ across all state and territory jurisdictions. Legal services...

LAW survey,

Legal assistance services,

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An evaluation of Legal Aid NSW’s Family Law Early Intervention Unit Duty Lawyer Service

Suzie Forell,

Michael Cain, | 2012

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...

Evaluations,

Family law,

Legal assistance research & evaluation,

Legal assistance services,

What works | Access to Justice,

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Legal assistance by video conferencing: what is known? Justice issues paper 15

Suzie Forell,

Meg Laufer,

Erol Digiusto, | 2011

In recent years there has been an increasing drive to improve access to legal services through the use of video conferencing technology. This paper reports on an extensive search for,...

Evaluations,

Legal assistance services,

Other models of service delivery,

Technology,

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Data digest: a compendium of service usage data from NSW legal assistance and dispute resolution services, 1999-2002

Sue Scott,

Ann Eyland,

Abigail Gray,

Albert Zhou,

Christine Coumarelos, | 2004

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...

Data,

Dispute resolution services,

Legal assistance services,

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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,

Legal assistance services,

Technology,

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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,

Legal assistance services,

Pro bono,

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Legal aid for committals: an evaluation of the impact of the centralised committals scheme

Ann Eyland,

Natalina Nheu,

Ted Wright, | 2001

Legal aid for committals: an evaluation of the impact of the centralised committals scheme

Courts and tribunals,

Criminal law,

Legal assistance services,

Procedural reform,

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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...

Collaboration and partnership,

Legal assistance services,

Planning service delivery,

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Email law: a planning guide for the delivery of free legal assistance via email

Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, | 2001

The guide is primarily for government and community organisations that provide free legal assistance where a client relationship has not been established. It is designed to help them consider how...

Legal assistance services,

Technology,

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Legal services in family law

Rosemary Hunter,

Ann Genoese,

Angela Melville,

April Chrzanowski, | 2000

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...

Criminal law,

Family law,

Lawyers,

Legal assistance services,

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The prototype Access to Justice Monitor – Queensland: a joint project of the Department of Justice, Queensland and the University of Wollongong

Mary Cunningham,

Ted Wright,

Law Foundation of NSW (Justice Research Centre), | 1996

This report contains a comprehensive collection of quantitative measures in areas such as court delays legal costs, available services, and related measures of demand.

Costs and fees,

Courts and tribunals,

Data,

Legal assistance services,

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