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Improving Access to Justice Through Alternative Dispute Resolution: the Role of Community Legal Centres in Victoria, Australia
Rights and Justice Program School of Law La Trobe University

Improving Access to Justice through Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Role of Community Legal Centres in Victoria, Australia
Research Report
Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi

Funded by Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University, Australia
September 2010.

Contents
1. 2. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 4.6. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 6 Research Aims and Methodology ..................................................................................... 8 Project aim and objectives: ............................................................................................ 8 Methodology ........................................................................................................................ 8 Conceptual, Historical and Practice Background ................................................... 10 Access to Justice .............................................................................................................. 10 Alternative (Appropriate) Dispute Resolution ................................................... 13 History of ADR in Australia ......................................................................................... 14 Access to Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution ...................................... 14 Community Legal Centres ........................................................................................... 24 Access to Justice and Community Legal Centres ................................................ 25

4.7. Community Legal Centres and Alternative (Appropriate) Dispute Resolution


References: Committee (June, 2004). Senate Committee Report. Legal Aid Access to Justice. Canberra, Department of the Senate, Parliament House.
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