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

The Research Network explores the legal challenges faced by renters amid rising housing insecurity, highlighting the need for urgent reforms to better support vulnerable tenants

Funded projects will investigate a civil legal problem or issue, develop data and research capability, and develop new approaches and services to better understand and respond to community legal need.

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.

And that’s a close to Victorian Law Week 2025! After more than 100 events across metropolitan and regional Victoria, thousands of people had the opportunity to learn what to do and where to get help when life and the law meet.

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.

With events running across the state from 19– 25 May, Victorian Law Week is a time to learn what to do when the law meets your life, where to get help and find out more about the law. 

VCE Legal Studies students met with leaders of the Victorian legal system in our most recent Metro Law Talk.

Whittlesea Community House’s Mary-Lynne Griffith shares her experience of bringing multiple services together to respond to the needs of the community.

Our 2024/25 Major Grant recipients came together to share their advice and tips as they begin their funded projects.

Our Legal Laneway Breakfasts saw over 300 legal professionals gathered across Victoria to celebrate the new year in Melbourne, Morwell and Ballarat.

A casual get together welcomes previous Victoria Law Foundation interns from across the sector for our first Alumni Network event.

We have launched a new online hub dedicated to our research on young people and the law.

Six organisations will receive grants for a range of legal projects to improve the delivery of legal services that meet the needs of Victorians.

Dr. Hugh McDonald reflects on the 2024 International Access to Justice Forum, exploring the global and local intersections of capability, need and person-centred justice.

We are delighted to share with you how Victoria Law Foundation has made a difference over the last twelve months.