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 2 now available

Recent publications

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

Young people’s experience of legal problems

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

Young people, employment and legal need

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

Mental distress and experience of legal problems

This briefing paper presents data from the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS) concerning experience of justiciable problems and mental distress.
In Brief

Understanding PULS

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

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