Discover how people understand and engage with the law

The Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) is ground-breaking research to understand legal capability, attitudes, and experience of the law in Victoria.
PULS Volume 3 now available

Recent publications

Explore our range of publications interrogating the Public Understanding of Law (PULS) data

A New Perspective on Legal Need and Legal Capability

Report
Explore how attitudes, skills and confidence matter in satisfactorily resolving justiciable issues.

Young people’s experience of legal problems

In Brief
Targeted and tailored engagement is necessary to increase awareness of young people's everyday justiciable problems and available legal help.

Young people, employment and legal need

Short paper
For young people, links between employment problems and mental health are particularly strong, with psychological distress a common consequence.

Understanding PULS

Learn more about the background of the PULS along with the intent, purpose and value of the project.

Latest News

The third PULS report is now available

Explore how attitudes, skills and confidence matter in satisfactorily resolving justiciable issues.
A New Perspective on Need and Capability