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A New Perspective on Legal Need and Legal Capability

August 21, 2024
We have just launched the third volume on the links between legal need and legal capability. It investigates the impact and implications of legal capability on legal problem experience and resolution
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Cover of the PULS report

Understanding and Capability is now available

February 7, 2024
Today we launched the second volume of our key research project, the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS).
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Gradient image with the text: PULS Volume 2: Understanding and Capability

PULS Volume 1 shows gaps in how people understand and engage with the law

August 30, 2023
Today Victoria Law Foundation launched the first report from the ground-breaking research project - the Public Understanding of Law Survey (PULS).
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The Public Understanding of Law Survey Volume 1: Everyday Problems and Legal Need

What the PULS will do

March 30, 2023
The PULS provides new ways to capture and understand people’s experience of and response to justiciable issues.
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Video title: What PULS will do

Why we're measuring legal capability

February 9, 2023
In the third of our video series about the PULS, we explain how it goes a step beyond the legal needs survey by looking at legal capability.
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Video title: Why we're measuring legal capability

Legal need surveys - what they are and why they're important

November 14, 2022
In the second of our video series about the PULS, we break down Legal needs surveys to give a little background on the purpose and value of the project.
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Video title: Legal need surveys - what they are and why they're important

Rethinking the experience of law from the bottom up

September 15, 2022
In this, the first of a new video series, we’ll be breaking down parts of the PULS to give a little background on the purpose and value of the project.
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Video title: Rethinking the experience of law from the bottom up

Annotated PULS questionnaire released

August 9, 2022
We are pleased to announce the release of the PULS annotated questionnaire which underpins the PULS Survey.
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Cover image of the Annotated PULS questionnaire
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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