Understanding PULS

The PULS is a first-of-its-kind in the world and represents a significant development in this kind of research.

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Webinars, workshops, forums and public events to support engagement with the justice system.

PULS overview

The Public Understanding of Law Survey explores how people experience, understand and navigate law and everyday life problems.

What is the PULS?

The Public Understanding of Law Survey explores how people experience, understand and navigate law and everyday life problems.

PULS background

The Public Understanding of Law Survey has some familiar elements, but the combination of legal need and capability is the first of its kind.

Where did the PULS come from?

The Public Understanding of Law Survey has some familiar elements, but the combination of legal need and capability is the first of its kind.

PULS value

The Public Understanding of Law Survey will cover a range of everyday problems and the impact they can have on people’s lives.

What does the PULS cover and what can it do?

The Public Understanding of Law Survey will cover a range of everyday problems and the impact they can have on people’s lives.

PULS impact

The Public Understanding of Law Survey provides sound evidence to help understand legal need and capability.

How will the PULS improve access to justice?

The Public Understanding of Law Survey provides sound evidence to help understand legal need and capability.

PULS process

The Public Understanding of Law Survey is a face-to-face survey of 6,000 respondents across Victoria.

How has the PULS been done?

The Public Understanding of Law Survey is a face-to-face survey of 6,000 respondents across Victoria.

About the PULS

The PULS is a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand and engage with the law.

The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS)

The PULS is a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand and engage with the law.

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Rethinking the experience of law from the bottom up
Rethinking the experience of law from the bottom up
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Why we're measuring legal capability
Why we're measuring legal capability
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Legal need surveys - what they are and why they're important
Legal need surveys - what they are and why they're important
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What PULS will do
What PULS will do
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A first look at the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 3
A first look at the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 3
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Recapping the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volumes 1 and 2
Recapping the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volumes 1 and 2
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Understanding the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 3
Understanding the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Volume 3
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Latest news

How Victorians navigate and experience family problems
October 13, 2025

Two new PULS In Brief publications that help to understand how Victorians experience, navigate, and resolve family problems.

Access to civil justice: where to?
June 27, 2025

Hear from leading access to justice scholar Professor Emily Taylor Poppe, in discussion with VLF’s Hugh McDonald and Lynne Haultain, on where access to justice is headed and needs to be.

New research reveals how disadvantage compounds legal problems

Our latest research uncovers critical insights into how disadvantage shapes the experience and resolution of legal problems in Victoria.