Now available - the first research report from the Legal Needs Project.
This first phase of the research asks: How does the legal assistance sector (LAS) understand the ‘legal need’ the Government funds it to meet? The question is motivated by a conviction that the people working in the LAS have a deep and diverse knowledge and understanding of the legal issues their clients face, the contexts in which they develop, and the barriers that stop their legal and non-legal needs from being met. This report summarises the results of 24 interviews and three workshops involving 138 national legal assistance sector workers. It reflects a synthesised and conceptualised version of the sector’s expertise and nuanced understanding of legal need.