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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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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Latest news

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

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April 9, 2025

In our latest Research Network, First Step Legal’s Lisa Ward joined us to examine the intersection between health and law in an integrated and people-centred service.

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.