Research Paper

Development of a General Legal Confidence Scale: A First Implementation of the Rasch Measurement Model in Empirical Legal Studies

Technical paper by Pascoe Pleasence and Nigel Balmer describing the development of the General Legal Confidence (GLC) Scale. Includes detailed guidance on the use of Rasch analysis to develop legal capability scales capturing latent constructs.

A New Perspective on Legal Need and Legal Capability is now available

The third report from the Public Understanding of Law Survey explores how attitudes, skills and confidence matter in satisfactorily resolving justiciable issues.