Legal services
Alternative labels
Legal aid
Legal information
Legal assistance to the poor
Legal assistance services
Judicare
Legal assistance programs
Report
Integrity, fairness and efficiency — an inquiry into class action proceedings and third-party litigation funders: final report
This ALRC report recommends a government review of statutory enforcement regimes for regulators to facilitate effective and consistent statutory redress schemes—to fill gaps and create an alternative to some class action proceedings.
Briefing paper
Locating demand: updating the Need for Legal Assistance Services indicators
In 2015 the Foundation developed the Need for Legal Assistance Services (NLAS) indicators. These provide a census-based measure of the geographic distribution of potential demand for not-for-profit legal assistance services from organisations such as legal aid commissions and community legal centres. Following the release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics of 2016 Census data, the...
Discussion paper
Service models on the health justice landscape: a closer look at partnership
This paper explores what takes a health justice partnership beyond ‘status quo’ services in terms of purpose, structure, activity and resourcing, and notes points of difference with other service models on the health justice landscape.
Report
Evaluation of the Tasmanian legal assistance sector: final report
The findings outlined in this report will assist in informing future Tasmanian government funding arrangements for the legal assistance sector.
Report
Victoria Legal Aid: information services literature scan
The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW has partnered with Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) to undertake a program of work which will assist VLA in the efficient and effective use of information service resources. VLA will use the findings in this report to understand more about client capability and where legal information sits within their...