Assessing Access to Justice: How Much “Legal” Do People Need and How Can We Know?

Hugh McDonald discusses how the shift to user-centric approaches to access to justice and legal needs requires a commensurate shift in the empirical methods and measures used to assess access to justice.

Assessing Access to Justice: How Much “Legal” Do People Need and How Can We Know?

Hugh McDonald discusses how the shift to user-centric approaches to access to justice and legal needs requires a commensurate shift in the empirical methods and measures used to assess access to justice.

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New research explores what works to meet people’s legal needs

Measure for Measure: A People‑Centred Approach to Tailoring Justice, provides an important snapshot and analysis of what works to move the needle in accessing and providing justice.