Discover how people understand and engage with the law

Psychological distress and mental illness have been shown to be among the factors most powerfully associated with problems arising in people’s lives that raise legal issues.

Single parents have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to experiencing multiple substantial legal problems.

Explore the knowledge, skills and attributes that are required to effectively understand and use the law.

Examining the factors that influence the pricing of legal services, how practitioners communicate costs, and how they affect the lawyer-client relationship.

Explore how justiciable problems are experienced, what people do about them, and how they progress and conclude (if they conclude).

Examining the use and utility of administrative data in Victoria’s civil justice system.

This report is intended to act as a detailed record of the methodological approach used in delivering the PULS survey.

Examining the use and utility of administrative data in dispute and complaint resolution bodies in Victoria.