The epidemiology of law and why it’s necessary with Geoff Mulherin

Episode no. 53 features Geoff Mulherin. Our discussion covers:

• The mandate of the Foundation and its practical approach to addressing legal needs;
• The importance of regular empirical evidence-based research;
• Findings from interviewing 21000 people about their legal needs;
• Where people most often go for legal assistance;
• How integrated multi-disciplinary services can help;
• Why the foundation developed interactive online legal data dashboards;
• Whether funding for justice needs redistributing across or within government portfolios;
• The need to view the justice system as a whole and reflect on who is included and excluded;
• The disproportionate amount of court resources for complex litigation as compared to legal aid budgets;
• The OECD and people-centred justice;
• The opportunity that the pandemic provides, to improve the operation of the justice system;
• The epidemiology of law and the need for “upstream strategic thinking” for justice; and
• Geoff’s definition of legal innovation!

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Links:

• Law and Justice Foundation of NSW
• OECD People-centred justice
• Neota Logic

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