Discover how people understand and engage with the law

This paper discusses the challenges and implications of legal aid eligibility in Australia and calls for increased funding, less stringent means tests, and redesigned entry points to legal assistance, to improve access to justice.

This summary looks at how PULS volume 3 demonstrates that legal capability matters and suggests new directions for reform to enable public legal assistance services to best meet people’s needs.

This summary looks at both the diversity of capability in the population and the range of problem types as identified in PULS Volume 2

This summary looks at key areas explored through the questionnaire in the survey and reveals some notable insights from PULS Vol 1.

People with physical and mental health issues fare badly at law. Responding to the evidence through effective policy and practices could make a significant difference to many people.

The third volume reports on the links between legal need and legal capability. It investigates the impact and implications of legal capability on legal problem experience and resolution.

Targeted and tailored engagement is necessary to increase awareness of young people's everyday justiciable problems and available legal help.

For young people, links between employment problems and mental health are particularly strong, with psychological distress a common consequence.