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Today Victoria Law Foundation launched the first report from the ground-breaking research project - the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS).

Chief Magistrate Justice Lisa Hannan outlined the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria’s (MCV) rapid digital uptake, and new Service Centre, and the multiple benefits for both court and community, as her main thrust at Law Week.

The final report in the Data Mapping Project summarises the findings and implications to support an accessible, modern civil justice system.

We visited our friends at Eastern Community Legal Centre recently and had a chat to senior lead Donna Askew, about the Centre’s enhanced intake and triage service model.

From 1 July the Victoria Law Foundation 2023/24 Grant Program will be available.

Victorian Law Week made learning about the law easy for thousands of people with a program of over 200 events held throughout the state, including in-person, online, and on-demand.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Community Legal Grants. Congratulations to the five successful applicants.

Victorian Law Week has now come to a close and we are thrilled to wrap up an amazing program of events across the state.

Join us for between 15 – 21 May 2023 to find legal answers to everyday problems, get legal help and learn more about the law.

In our recent Research Network webinar, Dr Lacey Schaefer, from Griffith University, discussed the implementation and effectiveness of problem-solving courts in Australia over the past 25 years.

If you have an interest in access to justice, our latest and third report from the Data Mapping Project should be on your radar.

The PULS provides new ways to capture and understand people’s experience of and response to justiciable issues.

The inaugural Ballarat Legal Laneway Breakfast brought the iconic event to regional Victoria for the first time.

Funded by a Victoria Law Foundation Community Legal Grant, Tenants Victoria used digital tools to direct tenants to the information they need.

In the third of our video series about the PULS, we explain how it goes a step beyond the legal needs survey by looking at legal capability.

Over 400 members of Victoria’s legal sector gathered in iconic Hardware Lane this morning for the 20th annual Legal Laneway Breakfast.