Join the Future of Regional Legal Services
Help shape the future of legal services in regional Australia. Share your insights and experiences to enhance access to justice and innovation in your community. Together, we can create a brighter future for all.
About the Initiative
A year spent listening to regional Australia.
Connecting Communities. Listening to Regional Australia.
As part of the future of Regional Legal Services, ALA Law will lead the Access to Justice Roadshow — a national outreach journey travelling through regional and remote communities across Australia, created with a simple purpose: to listen, learn and connect.
As legal professionals, we know that no two communities are the same. The challenges facing families in the Kimberley can be very different from those experienced in Albany, Esperance, the Riverina or regional South Australia. Yet too often, conversations about legal services and access to justice are centered around metropolitan perspectives. The Access to Justice Roadshow aims to change that.
Along the way, ALA Law will provide mobile witnessing services, connect with professionals across a range of industries, and share the stories of the people and communities that make regional Australia such an important part of our nation — all feeding into Family Law Education Network’s (FLENA) national initiative.
Why This Matters
Six forces shaping access to justice outside the cities.
Access to Justice
Fair outcomes shouldn't depend on postcode. We're mapping where the gaps are widest.
Distance
For many regional clients, the nearest practitioner is hours away, not minutes.
Workforce Shortages
Regional firms are struggling to attract and retain lawyers where they're needed most.
Technology
Digital tools can close distance gaps, if they're designed around how regional Australia actually works.
Funding
Sustainable regional services need funding models built for lower volumes and higher need.
Community Collaboration
The strongest solutions come from working with regional communities, not around them.
The Roadshow Across Australia.
ALA Law is travelling through regional and remote communities to listen, learn and connect. These conversations will help shape The Future of Regional Legal Services – Insights 2027.
New South Wales
Beginning and concluding the national journey in New South Wales, connecting regional voices with the broader conversation about access to justice.
What ALA Law Will Bring
Showing up, in person, along the way.
Everything gathered along the way feeds directly into FLENA's national initiative, The Future of Regional Legal Services.
Mobile Witnessing Services
Bringing essential document-witnessing support directly to regional and remote communities along the route.
Cross-Industry Connections
Connecting with professionals across a range of industries to understand the full picture of regional need.
Sharing Regional Stories
Sharing the stories of the people and communities that make regional Australia such an important part of our nation.
Join the Journey
Be part of the conversation.
Whether you are a legal professional, community organisation, business owner or local resident, we invite you to be part of the conversation. Register your interest to:
Five Connected Workstreams
One initiative, working from five directions.
01
Regional Voices
Direct, recorded conversations with clients, practitioners and community leaders across regional Australia, the foundation on which the whole initiative is built
02
The Roadshow
Six months on the road. ALA Law visits regional communities in person to listen, run workshops and build lasting relationships.
03
Regional Access to Justice
Research into where the structural gaps sit today, and what a genuinely equitable regional service model looks like.
04
Technology & Innovation
Piloting tools built for low-connectivity regions from remote consultations to plain-language self-service resources.
05
Insights 2027
A national report bringing together everything we hear, see and learn, released March 2027 with a clear roadmap for what comes next.
Partners
One Initiative. Three Organisations.
One Shared Vision.
Engagement & Roadshow Partner
ALA Law supports the initiative as a delivery partner, leading on-the-ground engagement through the Roadshow, mobile witnessing services and connection with regional practitioners and communities.
Lead Partner
As Australia’s interdisciplinary family law education and professional development network, FLENA leads the initiative — setting direction, owning the research and consultation, and publishing The Future of Regional Legal Services – Insights 2027.
Funding & Access Partner
JustFund supports the initiative by focusing on the financial barriers to accessing justice. Their expertise helps ensure funding challenges are reflected throughout the consultation, interviews and the Insights 2027 report.
Acknowledgement of Country
The Family Law Education Network (FLENA), ALA Law and JustFund acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities across Australia where this initiative is undertaken. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We recognise the enduring connection First Nations peoples have to Country, culture and community, and acknowledge the importance of listening to and learning from the diverse voices and experiences that have shaped this land for tens of thousands of years.
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