How Moree Legal Aid team is making a difference
How has the decision to open a Legal Aid NSW office at Moree in the state’s north, been helping to meet the community’s legal needs?
Survey highlights private lawyers’ vital role in legal aid but warns of looming exodus
Opinion: Australia has conducted its first national survey of private lawyers who do legal aid work – and the results are both compelling and alarming.
‘By 2030, we will be looking at a failed Legal Aid system.’ Legal aid private practitioner census paints a concerning picture of the future
Underfunded and under resourced. The first National Legal Aid Census for Private Practitioners, reveals how the concerns of practitioners regarding funding and structuring can lead…
Law firm levy proposed to address Legal Aid funding crisis
National Legal Aid has released a new paper, which proposes a law firm levy as a potential solution to the “chronic underfunding” of legal assistance.
Justice on the brink: Legal Aid funding falls short
According to a recent report commissioned by National Legal Aid, a funding shortfall of nearly half a billion dollars threatens the supply of legal services…
Coming home: a legal advocate’s professional and personal return
Taking up the role of principal solicitor with Legal Aid at Port Macquarie has been a professional and personal journey back home for Emma Smallwood.
Family law matters take majority of Legal Aid funding in Australia, report finds
Family law matters account for 96 per cent of all Commonwealth funded matters for Legal Aid Commissions in Australia, a ground-breaking new report looking at…
Great Expectations • part one
This four part series explores the challenges faced in creating sustainable legal career paths for all. Practitioners at various ages and stages of their careers…
‘An inland tsunami’: Solicitors on frontline of Central West flooding
As flood waters recede across the NSW Central West and residents begin to confront the colossal rebuild, legal questions relating to insurance and financial hardship…
Monique Hitter’s vision for Legal Aid
More than 20 years after landing “in exactly the right place” at Legal Aid, Monique Hitter is the new CEO