Release of National Legal Aid Private Practitioners Census 2024 Report
National Legal Aid has published the final report from its 2024 census of private practitioners who are currently, or have recently, performed legal aid work. The first-ever national census of legal aid private practitioners confirms that legal aid work is widely considered underfunded.
In Australia, legal aid is provided via a mixed model by directly employed, in-house practitioners, and practitioners working privately who are paid from the legal aid grants that Legal Aid Commissions (LACs) allocate to approved clients.
This report focuses on the group who perform the bulk of legal aid representation: private practitioners.
Findings come from a survey of 1010 private practitioners who obtained or sought legal aid work via the panels or preferred supplier lists managed by Legal Aid Commissions in each State and Territory.
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