Law and Justice Foundation

» Would you like to work on the world's largest ever survey of legal needs?

We are looking for a Senior Researcher to assist in project leadership who has excellent research qualifications in the social sciences, demonstrated sound quantitative social science research skills, and proven experience using statistical packages.

» Publishing toolkit now available

The Publishing toolkit — currently comprising six factsheets — is now available in the Plain language law section of the Law and Justice Foundation website. The factsheets guide you through the entire publishing process, from project management to distributing your resource.

» National Survey in Progress

Until June 2008, interviewers from Roy Morgan Research will be contacting people throughout Australia. These interviews are for a national legal needs telephone survey being undertaken by the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, supported by all Australian state and territory Legal Aid Commissions. All responses are anonymous.

The survey builds on the earlier NSW survey and aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of Australians' legal needs. Findings will assist in developing legal services and policy. The Foundation thanks respondents for their cooperation.

The Foundation is an independent statutory body working to improve access to justice in NSW, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged people.

We do this by

identifying their needs through the independent research of our Access to Justice and Legal Need program and discrete projects carried out in partner research with universities
supporting community and other organisations to produce a wide range of access to justice initiatives (i.e. information booklets, DVDs, workshops, research) through financial and other support from our Grants program
promoting the use of Plain English to produce understandable legal information
producing a range of publications which helps to promote access to justice activity
acknowledging the outstanding work of people working to improve access to justice by managing the annual Justice Awards
supporting legal system reforms and new justice initiatives by contributing our research findings to policy development.

We cannot provide legal research assistance, legal advice or referral to individual enquirers. For legal assistance please contact LawAccess NSW 1300 888 529