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DESCRIPTION:General population legal needs surveys are one of few ways to m
 easure the legal problems of diverse groups of people\, including those wh
 o don’t ever reach out for legal help or recognise their problem as a le
 gal one. But while such surveys are key to identifying prevalence and patt
 erns\, they cannot tell us why or how different groups of people experienc
 e particular types of problems. Mixed methods can help to measure otherwis
 e hidden needs through quantitative data and understand the meaning of tho
 se needs through qualitative data.\nThis presentation will draw on example
 s of the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW’s current research to explore
  the value of mixed methods research in understanding the breadth and comp
 lexity of legal problems experienced by Australians. It will discuss how w
 e have adapted international legal needs survey methods to the current Aus
 tralian context\, via our Legal needs Australia Wide (LAW+) Survey of at l
 east 20\,000 people. It will explore the process of balancing the interest
 s of practice and policymakers who will be the end users of the research\,
  with design decisions about feasibility\, robustness and maximising respo
 nse rates. The innovations to legal needs survey design adopted in this pr
 oject include quadri-modal data collection methods that connect with diver
 se respondents via mail-out\, online\, panel and in-person options\, and\,
  for the first time\, questions on the use of AI to address legal problems
 . \nHowever\, there are intrinsic limitations to what we can learn from th
 is type of quantitative study\, and qualitative methods are being used to 
 add depth of understanding to the patterns of inequality identified by the
  legal needs survey. The presentation will also describe how we are collab
 orating with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Unit to un
 derstand the legal needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 
 in NSW through qualitative\, community-based case studies. It will conside
 r the importance of spending time in communities\, to provide space and sa
 fety for people to share their stories and make meaning of how they experi
 ence the justice system. \nFinally\, the presentation will consider what i
 t means to use authentically ‘mixed methods’ that go beyond the presen
 tation of disparate quantitative and qualitative data. It will draw on the
 se examples of legal needs studies to illustrate how this type of research
  can be designed and positioned to shape real world policy and practice re
 form\, and the challenges implicit in bringing legal needs research to lif
 e.
DTSTAMP:20261013T070013Z
LOCATION:Holme Room
SUMMARY:Mixed methods for measurement and meaning: Using surveys and case s
 tudies to understand legal needs - Kate Davies
URL:https://conferences.acspri.org.au/2026/talk/JLZWX8/
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