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Ethics
National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025)
A series of guidelines made in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.
Guidelines
Grants
October 1, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Lived experience
Research
Excessive rent increase as a single parent | Macy shares her experience
Why is lived experience important in research? As a single parent, Macy was distraught when an excessive rent increase came her way.
Video
Research
September 10, 2025
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Legal needs and housing status: Insights from the Public Understanding of Law Survey - Research Network September 2025
Presentation slides for the September 2025 Research Network webinar featuring insights from Victoria Law Foundation's Public Understanding of Law Survey on housing status.
Presentation
Research
September 10, 2025
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SPR presentation - Hannah Gray - Research Network September 2025
Presentation slides for the September 2025 Research Network webinar featuring Tenants Victoria's Restricted, Resilient, Resourceful: Legal Help-Seeking Among Single-Parent Renters research project.
Presentation
Research
September 10, 2025
Consent
Research
Research tools
Template: Informed Consent Checklist
A template to ensure that you have covered the necessary information in your participant information sheet or verbal script for consent.
Template
Grants
July 31, 2025
Legal capability
Employment
Equality Law Capability Project: insights on the legal needs of people from four communities in the western suburbs of Melbourne
Report
Grants
July 21, 2025
First Nations
Native title
The Mabo Case from Terra Nullius to Native Title
Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen’s account and perspective during his time as junior barrister in the case.
Case Study
Learn
July 15, 2025
Litigation
Environment
Franklin Dam Case
Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen’s recollections of the Tasmanian Dam case reflecting on the legal strategy, courtroom experience, and broader implications of the case.
Case Study
Learn
July 15, 2025
Child protection
Stigma, Discrimination and the Weaponisation of Survival: Women's Experiences of the Intersection between the Child Protection and Criminal Legal Systems
Report
Grants
June 20, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Restricted, Resilient, Resourceful: Legal help-seeking among single-parent renters – Condensed report
A summary of the key findings and recommendations, access the condensed version of the report.
Summary
Grants
June 11, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Restricted, resilient, resourceful: Legal help-seeking among single-parent renters
A detailed account of our findings, including in-depth analysis, practical recommendations, and case studies illustrating the lived experiences of single-parent renters.
Report
Grants
June 11, 2025
Parliament
The Constitution
The Protection of Rights in Australia (Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen)
Relevant to Unit 2, AOS 3 & Unit 4 AOS 1 of the Victorian Legal Studies Study Design 2024 and onwards.
This is a summary of the context and case of Koowarta, who made a claim on the basis of section 109, invalidity between Commonwealth and State Law, where the question was asked: Does the Federal Government have the right to legislate the Anti-Discrimination Act?
Study Notes
Learn
April 15, 2025
Health
Evaluation
Data systems and processes
Evaluating the Outcomes of First Step Legal’s Health Justice Partnerships
First Step Legal has partnered with the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne to conduct an academically robust evaluation of the impact of its five health justice partnerships.
Report
Grants
April 1, 2025
Health
Research
Lessons learned in building internal evaluation capacity
Report
Research
April 1, 2025
Health
Evaluation
First Step Legal - Summary Evaluation Findings 2024
Report
Research
April 1, 2025
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Evaluating the Outcomes of First Step Legal’s Health Justice Partnerships
Presentation
Research
April 1, 2025
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Insights from the PULS
Are legal problems bad for your health? Are health issues bad for your law? Insights from the PULS.
Presentation
Research
April 1, 2025
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Victoria Law Foundation Knowledge Grants program review
The Review examines how our grants have contributed to enhancing data quality, capability and use in community legal assistance organisations and identify areas for further development and support.
Report
Grants
March 25, 2025
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Victoria Law Foundation Grant strategy
Our Grants Program reflects our commitment to building capability. Prioritising projects that improve understanding of legal need and capability and increasing opportunities for Victorians to resolve their everyday legal issues.
Document
Grants
March 25, 2025
Family violence
Legal assistance
Reproductive Coercion and Abuse: Supporting the Legal Assistance Sector
Reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA) is a serious form of gender-based violence in our community. Research usually examines RCA through a healthcare lens, however RCA is also a justice issue.
Report
Grants
March 19, 2025
Legal education
Fix-it-Friday Evaluation Report 2019
For our ‘Fix-It Friday’ project, Whittlesea Community House provided the venue, suitable by way of its location in the North, its previous work with Expresso Legal, and the clear vulnerability of the Whittlesea Township region.
Report
Events
March 18, 2025
Legal information
A guide for Fix-it-Friday workers for third-party liaison with lawyers
This guide covers the applicability of Client Legal Privilege (“CLP”) in the context of the integrated practice model developed by Whittlesea Community House (“WCH”) for its Fix-It-Friday service and for use of visiting workers who must necessarily liaise with lawyers.
Guide
Events
March 18, 2025
Constitution
Students
Two Results, Many Questions
Bryan Keon-Cohen discusses the history of Australian referendums, including the 2023 Voice referendum.
Handout
Learn
February 28, 2025
Law Reform
Students
Achieving Law Reform in Australia: An Overview
Bryan Keon-Cohen on law reform in Australia
Handout
Learn
February 28, 2025
How do Victorians experience and resolve family problems?
Our companion PULS In brief publications reveal that family problems, though less common, are Victoria’s most damaging legal issues with the highest unmet need.