The key data points mentioned at the Route from 66 Law Week event.
Improving legal communication
Improve your communication skills and find resources to help you create better legal information.
Topics
Webinars, workshops, forums and public events to support engagement with the justice system.
Resources to help produce more accessible legal information, which empowers more people to understand and engage with the law.

Resources to help produce more accessible legal information, which empowers more people to understand and engage with the law.

The law is often complex. Explaining the law in plain language can be challenging.

The law is often complex. Explaining the law in plain language can be challenging.

Resources
Slideshow presentation from Fenton Communications for the March 2024 Enhancing Engagement webinar.
Tips and useful strategies around grassroots approaches to promoting events and engaging local audiences.
A paper outlining the underlying research that underpins plain language practice.
A research report examining the information needs of self-represented litigants in England and Wales.
A guide to legislative drafting by the Australian Government.
A report providing recommendations and best practice examples for developing resources in languages other than English.
A guide to the principles of plain language that contains practical, step-by-step publishing advice.
A quick and easy guide to making sure your writing meets the fundamentals of plain language.
Full video recording of Better Information Workshop: Getting the message across - Communicating effectively with young people.
Related
Webinars, workshops, forums and public events to support engagement with the justice system.
Identifying when your issue or problem has a legal aspect and learn how the law can help.

Identifying when your issue or problem has a legal aspect and learn how the law can help.

Understand which laws apply in Victoria and who’s who in the legal sector.

Understand which laws apply in Victoria and who’s who in the legal sector.

Latest news
Two creative programs show how games can make the law accessible and engaging for all Victorians.
And that’s a close to Victorian Law Week 2025! After more than 100 events across metropolitan and regional Victoria, thousands of people had the opportunity to learn what to do and where to get help when life and the law meet.

VCE Legal Studies students met with leaders of the Victorian legal system in our most recent Metro Law Talk.

Help people to understand and engage with the law
Enhancing Engagement webinars aim to equip you with the skills to produce more accessible legal information, which empowers more people to understand and engage with the law, resulting in better justice for all.
