07 March, 2025

NLA Legal Aid Private Practitioners Census Report Launch

Funding Private Practitioners

The launch of National Legal Aid's 2024 Legal Aid Private Practitioners' Census Report was a great success. Attendees were able to discuss the findings and share their experiences with barriers to quality service delivery and pay parity with private practice.

You may view a recording of the launch and hear speeches from

CEO of Legal Aid ACT and National Legal Aid Interim Chair Dr John Boersig
Attorney-General Hon Mark Dreyfus
NSW parliamentary secretary to the Attorney-General, Dr Hugh McDermott
Co-authors of the Report, Dr Natasha Cortis and Dr Megan Blaxland
Chair of the Law Council of Australia's Access to Justice Committee, Mark Woods
as well as a Q&A session

To read the full report and infographic click here.

Confirmation of Funding for Respect@Work Legal Services is a Major Step Forward for Victim-Survivors of Workplace Sexual Harassment and Discrimination

New Federal funding under the National Access to Justice Partnership will deliver ongoing funding for 31 frontline legal services that provide advice, representation, and support to victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination. This will mean greater certainty around the longevity of these essential services.

06 March, 2025

Funding Domestic and Family Violence

National Legal Aid welcomes funding to expand support for victim-survivors of sexual violence in the justice system

A new $21.4 million federal funding package will maintain existing pilot programs to support victim-survivors of sexual violence in the justice system and nationally expand programs to each jurisdiction.

27 February, 2025

Funding Private Practitioners

Media Release: Landmark Legal Aid Census Flags Lawyer Shortage

National Legal Aid is proud to launch the results from our first national survey of over 1,000 Legal Aid private lawyers. Private lawyers are vital to the legal assistance sector, delivering over 70% of the over 150,000 legal aid grants every year. However, the supply of private lawyers is reaching crisis levels, with a third planning to do less legal aid work in the next 5 years.

21 February, 2025

Private Practitioners Events

NLA's Private Practitioners' Census Report Launch

You're invited to the launch of NLA's Private Practitioners' Census Report!

03 December, 2024

Funding

National Legal Aid welcomes National Access to Justice Partnership funding commitment but warns of ongoing service delivery pressure points

31 October, 2024

Funding

Inquiry highlights the acute need for ongoing funding of disaster legal services

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics have published their report on the inquiry into insurer’s responses to 2022 major flood claims Flood failure to future fairness.

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