Legal services
Alternative labels
Legal aid
Legal information
Legal assistance to the poor
Legal assistance services
Judicare
Legal assistance programs
Evaluation
An evaluation of the NDIS Appeals Program Legal Services
Legal Aid is funded by the Federal Government to provide legal support to eligible people who are appealing to the Administrative Review Tribunal about a National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) decision. This process evaluation details the merit of the program, its challenges, as well as the steps necessary for its efficient and ongoing operation.
Report
Are legal problems bad for your health? Are health issues bad for your law?
This report looks at the relationship between health problems and legal problems. It finds evidence shows people with long-term illness or disability and/or mental distress have worse outcomes, with health and legal problems tending to reinforce each other.
Position paper
Shaping Australia’s future: protecting the rule of law and promoting access to justice
Outlining key policy priorities identified by the Australian legal profession, this paper seeks commitment to the reforms needed to improve law and policy. It calls for prioritising protection of the rule of law, promoting the administration of justice, supporting the exercise of rights under the law and committing to the principles of good law making.
Report
Safe, informed, supported: reforming justice responses to sexual violence
This report examines a range of issues with the aim of strengthening and harmonising sexual assault and consent laws in Australia and considers ways to promote just outcomes for people who have experienced sexual violence, including minimising re-traumatisation. The report's 64 recommendations seek to ensure that more people who have experienced sexual violence can access...
Report
Legal Aid private practitioners: 2024 census
This report provides the findings of a survey of private practitioners who undertake the bulk of legal aid representation. Findings show the characteristics of private practitioners; the resource and case-related challenges they face in delivering legal aid; and the ways they could be better supported and retained.