Legal Needs Surveys and Access to Justice
This report offers an empirical tool to help planners, statisticians, policy makers
and advocates understand people's everyday legal problems and experience with the
justice system. It sets out a framework for the conceptualisation, implementation
and analysis of legal needs surveys and is informed by analysis of a wide range of
national surveys conducted over the last 25 years. It provides guidance and recommendations
in a modular way, allowing application into different types of surveys. It also outlines
opportunities for legal needs-based indicators that strengthen our understanding of
access to civil justice.
Published on May 31, 2019