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People-Centred Justice Model poster
As an exploratory model, this framework brings together common elements that participants identified as making a difference in meeting legal need.
Poster
Research
April 21, 2026
Access to Justice
Legal need
Measure for Measure: Report summary
Measure for Measure draws on the knowledge and experience of justice practitioners across Victoria to explore what works to meet legal need—and what more is needed.
Summary
Research
April 21, 2026
Women
Child protection
Stigma, Discrimination and the Weaponisation of Survival: Women’s Experiences of the Intersection between the Child Protection and Criminal Legal Systems
This report provides a window onto the needs and experiences of women in contact with both the criminal legal and child protection systems. It shows clearly how women experience the intersection of these two systems: as working against them, as well as harming and discriminating against both them and their families at times of crisis.
Report
Grants
March 27, 2026
Courts and tribunals
Judiciary
Access to Justice
Justice System
Courts, Community and Confidence: A conversation with the Chief Justice
Chief Justice Richard Niall and VLF Executive Director Lynne Haultain in a conversation about the law and the challenges facing justice today.
Video
Events
December 18, 2025
Legal education
Scientific Disciplines Researching Play
A summary of the broad range of play research conducted in universities around the world under the auspices of over twenty scientific disciplines.
Website
Learn
November 20, 2025
Legal education
Young people
Three Questions with Sporting Change
South-East Monash Legal create this video to demonstrate a novel approach to community legal education. The video accompanied the Enhancing Engagement Webinar November 2025
Video
Learn
November 20, 2025
Family violence
Reproductive coercion and abuse: A guide for community legal practitioners
South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS) developed this guide to support community legal practitioners to better understand, recognise, and respond to reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA).
Guide
Grants
November 11, 2025
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2024-25 Annual Report
A year of renewal, growth and engagement across the justice and community sector. Our work in research, education and grants helped to build legal capability and improve access to justice for all Victorians.
Annual report
VLF
November 10, 2025
Employment
Am I a Casual? website
The Young Workers Centre has developed a range of resources to empower young workers with the knowledge and skills needed to end workplace insecurity.
Website
Learn
October 15, 2025
Employment
Am I a casual? fact sheet
Advice for young workers in casual employment about converting to ongoing employment under recent changes in the Closing Loopholes legislation.
Factsheet
Learn
October 15, 2025
Research
Ethics
National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2025)
A series of guidelines made in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.
Guidelines
Grants
October 1, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Lived experience
Research
Excessive rent increase as a single parent | Macy shares her experience
Why is lived experience important in research? As a single parent, Macy was distraught when an excessive rent increase came her way.
Video
Research
September 10, 2025
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Legal needs and housing status: Insights from the Public Understanding of Law Survey - Research Network September 2025
Presentation slides for the September 2025 Research Network webinar featuring insights from Victoria Law Foundation's Public Understanding of Law Survey on housing status.
Presentation
Research
September 10, 2025
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SPR presentation - Hannah Gray - Research Network September 2025
Presentation slides for the September 2025 Research Network webinar featuring Tenants Victoria's Restricted, Resilient, Resourceful: Legal Help-Seeking Among Single-Parent Renters research project.
Presentation
Research
September 10, 2025
Consent
Research
Research tools
Template: Informed Consent Checklist
A template to ensure that you have covered the necessary information in your participant information sheet or verbal script for consent.
Template
Grants
July 31, 2025
First Nations
Native title
The Mabo Case from Terra Nullius to Native Title
Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen’s account and perspective during his time as junior barrister in the case.
Case Study
Learn
July 15, 2025
Litigation
Environment
Franklin Dam Case
Dr Bryan Keon-Cohen’s recollections of the Tasmanian Dam case reflecting on the legal strategy, courtroom experience, and broader implications of the case.
Case Study
Learn
July 15, 2025
Employment
Sexual harassment
Equality Law Capability project
Insights on the legal needs of people from four communities in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
Report
Grants
July 1, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Restricted, Resilient, Resourceful: Legal help-seeking among single-parent renters – Condensed report
A summary of the key findings and recommendations, access the condensed version of the report investigating how single-parent renters in Victoria experience rental stress, legal help barriers, and housing insecurity.
Summary
Grants
June 11, 2025
Housing and tenancy
Restricted, resilient, resourceful: Legal help-seeking among single-parent renters
The report investigates how single-parent renters in Victoria experience rental stress, legal help barriers, and housing insecurity.
Report
Grants
June 11, 2025
Headstart
Class Actions: VCE Factsheet
This factsheet provides information and explains Class Actions using examples for students and teachers to use in their studies of VCE Legal Studies specifically in relation to references the 2024-2028 Legal Studies curriculum has regarding Class Actions.
Factsheet
Learn
June 2, 2025
Parliament
The Constitution
The Protection of Rights in Australia (Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen)
Relevant to Unit 2, AOS 3 & Unit 4 AOS 1 of the Victorian Legal Studies Study Design 2024 and onwards.
This is a summary of the context and case of Koowarta, who made a claim on the basis of section 109, invalidity between Commonwealth and State Law, where the question was asked: Does the Federal Government have the right to legislate the Anti-Discrimination Act?
Study Notes
Learn
April 15, 2025
Health
Evaluation
Data systems and processes
Evaluating the Outcomes of First Step Legal’s Health Justice Partnerships
The report evaluated First Step Legal’s integrated legal-health services. The findings point to improved client wellbeing, legal confidence, access to justice, and staff satisfaction and recommends broader adoption of such partnerships.
Report
Grants
April 1, 2025
Health
Research
Lessons learned in building internal evaluation capacity
Report
Research
April 1, 2025
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.