| 1967 | Law Foundation established |
| 1971–1979 | The Law Foundation funds The College of Law, enabling professionally managed practical legal training. In 1979, well established and successful, the College becomes a direct beneficiary of the Statutory Interest Account (now Public Purpose Fund) |
| 1974 | The Law Foundation recognises the need for legal studies at the high school level. Through the High School Education Law Project (HELP) established in 1974, it plays an instrumental role in stimulating inclusion of Legal Studies in the NSW HSC curriculum from 1989 |
| 1979 | Incorporation of Law Foundation under Law Foundation Act. |
| 1982 | Public Interest Advocacy Centre established after the Law Foundation recognises the need for a specialist legal centre to engage in litigation and campaigns to promote and protect the public interest. Today PIAC is an independent specialist community legal centre representing individuals and organisations in far-reaching test litigation, providing public advocacy training and tackling tough issues in the public interest. |
| 1983 | Pocket Guide to the Law series. The Law Foundation developed this dictionary style format with plain language answers to common legal questions. The NSW version of the Guide was an instant success and the Foundation developed editions for other states. More than 400,000 copies of the Guide were sold. |
| 1985–1993 | Youth and the Law Project established by the Law Foundation. An eight-year experiment in youth crime prevention, YALP developed unique processes that included workshops and forums, to address local community issues. The YALP method of youth participation was adopted by several project partners including the NSW Department of Education, the Sydney City Mission (now Mission Australia) and the NSW Drug and Alcohol Directorate. |
| 1987 | Communications Law Centre established. The Law Foundation provided funding support to the CLC until June 2000. Today the Centre plays a central role in putting forward to governments and policy makers an independent view about proposals for communications reform and change. |
| 1987 | Legal Expense Insurance scheme established in partnership with GIO. Between 1987 and 1996 LEI assisted more than 30,000 individuals and their families in many fields, including management of legal risk and legal compliance. In 1997 the Law Foundation sold its interest in LEI to GIO. |
| 1987 | Law Foundation joins with Law Society to fund ABC television series Living with the Law, a 20-part series dealing with legal issues relating to young people. |
| 1989 | Law Foundation establishes Civil Justice Research Centre, with the principal purpose of helping make the processes for resolving civil disputes in NSW more efficient, more cost-effective and more accessible to the public. In 1995 the CJRC was restructured as the Justice Research Centre. |
| 1990 | Legal Information Access Centre established as a joint initiative of the Law Foundation and the State Library of NSW. A statewide service providing free access to plain language legal information through the state's public library network, there are now more than fifty public library LIACs in NSW. |
| 1990 | Centre for Plain Legal Language established as a joint venture between the Law Foundation and the University of Sydney. Its aim was to promote the use and study of plain language in public and private legal documents through teaching, research and consultancies. |
| 1992 | Centre for Legal Education established. The Centre conducts high quality research, and facilitates the gathering and dissemination of resources, for legal education that support a fair and accessible legal system. In January 2000 the CLE relocated to Newcastle University. |
| 1993 | Legal Scholarship Support Fund established. The Fund provided small grants for research assistance, conference travel and special programs to full-time legal academics in NSW law schools. The Fund operated until 1997. |
| 1994 | Litigation Support Fund established as contingency legal assistance fund (CLAF) to contribute to access to justice. In 1996 the introduction of the NSW Consumer Credit Code led to a major restructuring of the Fund so as to comply with the Code, converting from the application of a fee, to the charging of interest on loans. The Law Foundation ceased accepting applications in 1997. |
| 1994 | First Class Law established as a project to promote and facilitate on-line legal information, communication and resources. |
| 1995 | Justice Research Centre established. The JRC conducts empirical research and data analysis to inform policies that shape the justice system. In the five years since its inception the JRC has established a reputation for excellence in empirical research. Its inquiries cover such issues as claims under motor accidents legislation; litigants in person in the Federal Court; and research into legal aid services in family law. |
| 1996 | Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) established. AustLII is now Australia's largest online provider of Australian legal materials. AustLII's broad public policy agenda is to improve access to justice through better access to information — primary legal materials such as legislation, treaties and court decisions and secondary legal materials (e.g., law reform report, articles). |
| 1996 | Foundation Law established as a portal to primary and secondary legal information, and as a project to encourage best practice in online legal information. |
| 1996 | Centre for Legal Process established. The Centre for Legal Process was established to improve the accessibility and effectiveness of legal services and remedies, by recommending reforms to the way they are delivered. In 1997 the Board of Governors resolved to cease operating the Centre in light of the Law Foundation's strategic direction and funding position. |
| 1998 | Online Legal Access Project. The OLAP follows on from the early work of Foundation Law, and undertakes research and policy development to improve the accessibility and quality of online legal information in Australia. |
| 2000 | Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 No 97 reconstitutes the Law Foundation as the Law and Justice Foundation [Assented to 13 December 2000]. The objects of the reconstituted Foundation are altered so that they include focus on the development of a fair and equitable justice system. |
| 2001 | Justice Awards – Inaugural Annual Event |
| 2002 | Access to Justice and Legal Need Research Program commences. The program objectives are to examine the ability of disadvantaged people to
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| 2003 | Survey work commenced for the first major quantitative study of legal needs, interviewing more than 2400 in six local government areas of NSW.
Online Legal Information Network began, and the Plain Language Law newsletter created. Quality Guidelines for Plain Language Legal Information were produced, and the NSW Legal Information and Referral Forum was established. |
| 2004 | Launch of four reports in the Access to Justice and Legal Need program:
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| 2005 | Launch of the latest A2JLN Research report, No Home, no justice? The legal needs of homeless people
Publication under the Themis Press imprint of Models of Contract Law, a project developed with an ARC grant in collaboration with the Universities of Melbourne and Newcastle |
| 2006 | Publication of the latest research reports from the A2JLN program:
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