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The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) Annotated Questionnaire

This document sets out the full text and routing of the PULS questionnaire, along with commentary on the theoretical background to questions, rationale for their inclusion, details of technical development, references to relevant past studies, as well as PULS showcards.

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Self-represented litigants: challenges and solutions for a wicked problem

Dr Jessica Mant recently joined our Research Network to discuss Self-Represented Litigants, and how the SRL phenomenon can serve as a key signifier of the health of family justice systems.

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The role of legal education in working in Community Legal Centres

The legal education report focuses on the role of university-based legal education in preparing lawyers for work in the community legal sector.

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The Public Understanding of Law Survey

The PULS is a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand and engage with the law.

Measuring legal capability

Developing legal capability measures and using them to form policy insights is central to our research.

Research Network

Connecting the justice, community and academic sectors around legal research and evaluation related to access to justice.

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Our research reports focus on the legal and related needs of Victorians.

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We write papers on access to justice and legal need issues.

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Rethinking the experience of law from the bottom up | The PULS

Thu 15 Sep 2022

In this, the first of a new video series, we’ll be breaking down parts of the PULS to give a little background on the purpose and value of the project.

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Watch now: Self-represented litigants: challenges and solutions for a wicked problem

Thanks to all who attended this Research Network webinar, which explored self-represented litigants.

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Annotated PULS questionnaire released

We are pleased to announce the release of the PULS annotated questionnaire which underpins the PULS Survey.