Law Foundation of New South Wales records, 1973-1986

MLMSS 8524/Boxes 1-7
MLMSS 8524/Boxes 8X-9X

fonds

1973-1986

140384

2.1 metres of textual material and 1 photograph (7 boxes and 2 outsize boxes)

The Law and Justice Foundation is a statutory body established as the Law Foundation in 1967 to advance the fairness and equity of the justice system, and improve access to justice for the people of NSW. The Foundation is incorporated in New South Wales by the Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 (NSW).

In 1974 the Law Foundation established the High School Education Law Project (HELP), recognising the need for legal studies at the high school level.

1985-1993 the Foundation established the Youth and the Law Project, an eight-year experiment in youth crime prevention.

The Legal Information Access Centre was established in 1990 as a joint initiative of the Law Foundation and the State Library of NSW, providing free access to plain language legal information through the state's public library network.

Reference:
Law and Justice Foundation, http://www.lawfoundation.net.au/ (accessed 31 May 2012)

BOX 1
Folder 1
Papers for 'You and the Law' column in the Women's Weekly, 1978-1979

Folder 2
Papers, related notes and correspondence, questions, comments, and article proofs for 'You and the Law', 1978-1980

BOX 2
Folder 1
Letters seeking advice on family matters, in relation to 'You and the Law', 1978-1981

Folder 2
Letters seeking advice on wills, in relation to 'You and the Law', 1978-1980

Folder 3
Letters seeking advice on crime and consumer issues, in relation to 'You and the Law', 1979-1980

BOX 3
Folder 1
Papers, related notes and correspondence, questions, comments, and article proofs for 'You and the Law', 1978

Folder 2
Letters seeking advice on courts and the law, and land issues, in relation to 'You and the Law', 1979-1980

BOX 4
Jobs & the Law: High School Education Law Project; Evaluation of Development and Dissemination Activities of High School Education Law Project (HELP); Formal Dispute Resolution in N.S.W.: a background paper and research proposal; the Law Foundation of N.S.W.: Employer attitudes towards the employment of law graduates; the Horizons for Legal Education in N.S.W.; Feminist Legal Action Group Report: Women Homicide Offenders in N.S.W.; Lump sum accident compensation and appendices; Legal Labour Market Conference; Progress and performance of Joint Examination Board students; Research paper on possible improvements for sound recording in N.S.W. courtrooms, 1976-1986

BOX 5
High School Education Law Project: Moving on... (Part 2), Promises & the Law, Law & Society, Discrimination; Report on examination of delays involved in bringing persons to trial; the Failure of Imprisonment: towards a new ideal?; Essays on ethical considerations arising from the Legal Practitioners Act, 1898; Law Department of Victoria: an operation research investigation of Magistrates' Courts; Law Student Selection: the need for a law school admission test; a Legal Manual for Youth Workers in New South Wales; Labour Market analysis of the legal profession 1978-1982; Legal Research and Social Policy; Solicitors and the Trade Practices Act 1974, 1970-1982

BOX 6
Solicitors in NSW: number and distribution 1954-1973, some factors affecting the future supply of solicitors; Legal education training course for youth workers (Project Clew): evaluation report; the United States experience in successful delay reduction; Law, lawyers and the community; Perspectives on small business assistance; Sentencing - aspects of the prosecution process: interviews with selected officers of Deputy Crown Solicitors' offices; High School Education Law Project: summary report of first year's progress; Diversion, deterrence and the drunken driver, ca. 1976-1981

Folder 1
Report interpreting continuing legal education survey data; an Agenda for the study of the legal profession in New South Wales - some exploratory essays, 1974-1976

Folder 2
The management of long and complex trials in the Common Law Division, Supreme Court of NSW; Preliminary Organisation Review for Mr Justice Helsham, Chief Judge in Equity, Supreme Court NSW; Simplifying legal and bureaucratic language, 1981-1984

BOX 7
Community Legal Education Project, a preliminary study: youth attitudes to the dissemination of legal information in schools; Legal Aid and the academic researcher as policy-maker: a review of the work of the Commissioner for Law and Poverty; Draft submission to the Committee of Enquiry into Legal Education; Feasibility study for the establishment of a neighbourhood law office at Newtown Bridge; a Master system plan for court administration, State of New South Wales; Supply and demand factors associated with the legal profession in New South Wales; Barristers in NSW: number and distribution 1954-1973, some factors affecting the future supply of barristers; Legislatively mandated speedy trials; Report of inspection tour of British and Dutch correctional systems; Report of Accountant: Regulation 8, Legal Practitioners Act and Regulations; the Need for and training of legal paraprofessionals in New South Wales Solicitors' offices, 1975-1983

Folder 1: Family Law most interesting letters
Letters in response to the You and the Law column in the Women's Weekly, ca. 1977-1981

Folder 2: W.W. Workers' Compensation letters
Correspondence relating to the You and the Law column in the Women's Weekly, 1980-1981

BOX 8X
University of Sydney Law Society survey, 1982

BOX 9X
Law Foundation Legal Profession Continuing Education Survey, 1973

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8524/ Boxes 1-3, Box 7/Folder 1-2

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