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We’re delighted to launch the Victoria Law Foundation Annual Report.

Inner Melbourne Community Legal collaborated with experts to investigate how race impacted issuance of police COVID-19 fines.

VLF connects students of the Loddon Campaspe region with Court of Appeal Judges and legal experts to learn about the legal system, career pathways within the legal sector, and their legal rights.

Thank you to all who tuned-in to our In Conversation event with Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass.

Today Victoria Law Foundation launched the first report from the ground-breaking research project - the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS).

Chief Magistrate Justice Lisa Hannan outlined the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria’s (MCV) rapid digital uptake, and new Service Centre, and the multiple benefits for both court and community, as her main thrust at Law Week.

The final report in the Data Mapping Project summarises the findings and implications to support an accessible, modern civil justice system.

We visited our friends at Eastern Community Legal Centre recently and had a chat to senior lead Donna Askew, about the Centre’s enhanced intake and triage service model.

From 1 July the Victoria Law Foundation 2023/24 Grant Program will be available.

Victorian Law Week made learning about the law easy for thousands of people with a program of over 200 events held throughout the state, including in-person, online, and on-demand.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Community Legal Grants. Congratulations to the five successful applicants.

Victorian Law Week has now come to a close and we are thrilled to wrap up an amazing program of events across the state.

Join us for between 15 – 21 May 2023 to find legal answers to everyday problems, get legal help and learn more about the law.

In our recent Research Network webinar, Dr Lacey Schaefer, from Griffith University, discussed the implementation and effectiveness of problem-solving courts in Australia over the past 25 years.

If you have an interest in access to justice, our latest and third report from the Data Mapping Project should be on your radar.

The PULS provides new ways to capture and understand people’s experience of and response to justiciable issues.