People-Centred Access to Justice Research

In this Research Network webinar, hear from Professor Rebecca Sandefur, Director of the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University and Matthew Burnett, Senior Program Officer for the Access to Justice Research Initiative at the American Bar Foundation as they discuss their recent research on people-centred access to justice from a global perspective.

This growing body of empirical research focuses on people’s experience of justice, and supports people-oriented solutions, being those that are designed to be accessible, proportionate, and focused on the outcomes people experience when faced with civil legal problems (OECD 2021).

They also discuss the recently launched Justice Data Observatory, a partnership between the American Bar Foundation, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, the World Bank, and OECD.  

Also hear from VLF’s own Dr Georgina Rychner and Bridget McAloon on our new project Measure for Measure: Tailoring Everyday Justice. This project follows on from key PULS findings about legal need and aims to draw together examples of tailored and targeted initiatives that are successfully meeting the legal needs and capabilities of people and communities in Victoria.