Legal need empowerment and older people

The voices of older people, and their experience of and response to life problems can be overlooked in access to justice debates. This session focuses specifically on older people, their legal need, and how they might be empowered.

Speakers

Frances Batchelor, Acting Director of the National Ageing Research Institute and Senior Principal Research Fellow

Susannah Sage Jacobson, Research Associate, University of South Australia

Eileen Webb, Professor of Law and Ageing, University of South Australia

Katherine C. Pearson, Professor of Law, Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone 

Faculty Scholar, Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania State University

Facilitated by Ian Yates AM, Chief Executive of Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia

How 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.

Access to Justice
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Victoria Law Foundation
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