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Victorian Law Foundation shares insights on two upcoming research reports with scholars at the trans-Tasman Civil Justice Research Conference.
More than 40 legal professionals from Ballarat and surrounding areas joined keynote speakers to open the legal year at Ballarat's 2nd Legal Laneway Breakfast.
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Data and empirical evidence to help understand access to justice and build a better justice system.
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Explore the knowledge, skills and attributes that are required to effectively understand and use the law.
This first volume updates the broad picture of access to justice and legal need, explores how justiciable problems are experienced, what people do about them, and how they progress and conclude.
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The PULS is a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand and engage with the law.
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Events, information and resources to help understand Victoria's legal system and where the law can help.
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The law is often complex. Explaining the law in plain language can be challenging.
Develop your legal initiative or project
Financial support and advice for legal and community organisations to develop projects that understand and respond to community legal need.
Current grants
Help the community to navigate civil legal issues and the Victorian justice system.
Deliver small projects to support community legal need and improve understanding of the justice system.
Featured funded projects
Updating two of WIRE’s high distribution information booklets - Separation & Property and Stalking to include changes in legislation, support agency information and accessibility to meet the needs of the audience.
A video project designed to increase awareness and use of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights by showing how it can benefit Victorians.
PULS Volume 2: Understanding and Capability is now available
Explore the knowledge, skills and attributes that are required to effectively understand and use the law.