Legal assistance providers such as CLCs have very limited capacity to undertake legal needs research. We recommend that this research and needs analysis is funded and provided externally to legal assistance providers to enable planning of our services. We also recommend funds be made available to CLCs to conduct community based and informed legal needs projects. Youthlaw has undertaken a number of legal needs projects that have consulted with young people about the best ways to provide legal information, provide services, and to test new technologies (e.g. Youthlaw Mobile). We have found that these legal needs projects are invaluable and provide quite a distinct type of analysis that cannot be provided by statutory and government bodies.
Legal assistance providers such as CLCs have very limited capacity to undertake legal needs research. We recommend that this research and needs analysis is funded and provided externally to legal assistance providers to enable planning of our services. We also recommend funds be made available to CLCs to conduct community based and informed legal needs projects. Youthlaw has undertaken a number of legal needs projects that have consulted with young people about the best ways to provide legal information, provide services, and to test new technologies (e.g. Youthlaw Mobile). We have found that these legal needs projects are invaluable and provide quite a distinct type of analysis that cannot be provided by statutory and government bodies.
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