The third volume reports on the links between legal need and legal capability. It investigates the impact and implications of legal capability on legal problem experience and resolution.
Targeted and tailored engagement is necessary to increase awareness of young people's everyday justiciable problems and available legal help.
For young people, links between employment problems and mental health are particularly strong, with psychological distress a common consequence.
The PULS is a Victoria-wide survey to understand how people see, understand and engage with the law.
Tailoring everyday justice across the Victoria.
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.
Consent Compass provides practical resources, online learning and expert information to support discussions with young people about sex, pleasure and the law.
Tenants Victoria walk renters through the entire process of going to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) – from gathering the necessary documents to understanding what happens during a hearing.
These professional learning notes were generated from an online panel conversation on Tuesday 21 May 2024, hosted by the Parliament of Victoria and Victoria Law Foundation as part of Victorian Law Week 2024.
Resources and guidance for VCE Legal Studies, civics, citizenship and social studies teachers and students
Understand which laws apply in Victoria and who’s who in the legal sector.
Improve your communication skills and find resources to help you create better legal information.
Learn how Westjustice strategically leverages social media to deliver legal information in our most recent Enhancing Engagement webinar.
Northern Community Legal Centre and the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights unpack the range of process issues and barriers to participation faced by culturally and linguistically diverse women within Melbourne’s North-West.
Peninsula Community Legal Centre created an online tool to guide support workers through the complex application process for women whose visa status is dependent on their partner to remain in Australia and leave the abusive relationship.
Springvale Monash Legal Service developed a profile of wage theft and underpayment recovery actions through analysis of administrative data, case characteristics and outcomes.
Address community legal need or improve understanding of the justice system.
Five organisations will receive Grants to improve Victorians’ access to legal information and services.
Continuing the conversation from the International Access to Justice Forum
Victoria’s public legal figures share their experiences and discuss hot-button issues.
Seminars and presentations for VCE Legal Studies and Civics & Citizenship students.
Join some of Victoria’s key legal minds and meet with people from across the sector.
A week of community-based events to make learning about the law easy.
Developments, innovations and solutions designed to improve access to justice.
Resources to help understand Victoria's legal system and where the law can help.
Annual reports, business and strategic plans for Victoria Law Foundation.
Resources to understand access to justice and build a better justice system.
Event recordings, material and presentations.
Support and guidance to find the right grant for and ensure you are successful.
Notes for Legal Studies students on the "People and the Australian Constitution" section of the Study Design.
Events, information and resources to understand Victoria's legal system and where the law can help.