Discover how people understand and engage with the law

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.

Short paper

Exploring the links between legal need and legal capability and the impact and implications of legal capability on legal problem experience and resolution.

Report

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

In Brief

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

Short paper

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.

In Brief

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

In Brief

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

Report

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

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