The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW in conjunction with National Legal
Aid recently undertook a survey of legal need in Australia - the Legal
Australia-Wide (LAW) Survey. Over 20,000 people nation-wide, including
2,000 in the ACT, were asked about legal problems they had experienced
and how they dealt with them. The survey found that legal problems are
widespread with 50% of respondents having experienced one or more legal
problems in the previous 12 months. The survey confirmed that:
* legal problems often have adverse impacts on people's lives
* disadvantaged people are particularly vulnerable to legal
problems, including substantial and multiple legal problems
* a large proportion of people take no action to resolve their legal
problems and consequently achieve poor outcomes
* most people who seek advice about legal problems do not consult
legal advisors and resolve their problems outside the formal justice
system.
In response to the LAW Survey findings the ACT Legal Assistance Forum
(ACTLAF) is holding a symposium at the National Library of Australia on
28 August 2013 to discuss how legal and non-legal services can better
connect and collaborate in meeting the legal needs of disadvantaged and
vulnerable people.
For further information about this Symposium including the program and
registration form, please go to
http://www.legalaidact.org.au/ACTLAF_Symposium/.
Registration form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LoiOiPIePPP-NdN_FgFGibl4uz94AjG4oH8osvm
gVRk/viewform.
Registrations close on 21 August 2013.
If you have any difficulties with the online registration process,
please contact 02 6243 3475 or
jennifer.crawley@legalaidact.org.au<mailto:jennifer.crawley@legalaidact.
org.au>.
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