Law for Life: the Foundation for Public Legal Education
Law for Life: The Foundation for Public Legal Education (formerly Plenet) is a charity dedicated to ensuring that people have the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to deal with the law-related issues they are likely to encounter in the course of their lives.
March's Newsletter includes the Early Action Task Force report introducing a model of a ‘ready for everything’ society; a study into community legal information; PLE in Vietnam and an interview with Professor Kim Economides.
What is public legal education?
Public legal education aims at increasing our capacity to deal with legal issues - by improving our understanding of the law, explaining when and how to take action, or by making better choices and avoiding problems.
Projects showcase
These projects give a flavour of the diversity of PLE initiatives. We’ve arranged them by broad themes: raising awareness, self-help and legal capability, and community development and law reform.
PLE materials
A selection of materials that make for successful PLE. They are targeted to meet the needs of their users from raising awareness of discrimination, the wisdom of going to court to a survival guide for divorce.
Project tools
A selection of best practice guides and tools for successful PLE projects, including practical tools for making sure information is accessible and relevant, a classification system and guidance on how to evaluate a PLE project.
Research and theory
PLE covers a wide range of research and evaluation disciplines, from legal and education theory to empirical research. In order to thrive PLE needs to build and improve the body of knowledge that lies at its core.
Discussion and themes
This section has articles discussing key issues around the development of PLE including legal capability. The aim is to provoke discussion and debate, and build the body of knowledge of how to deliver PLE effectively.
International PLE
In many countries, PLE is already an important component of models to provide a community legal service. This section has a selection of inspiring international initiatives including recent events and developments
Events
Awareness of PLE continues to grow and several important conferences have taken place. Looking back we can see how these mark key stages in the development of PLE in the UK.
PLE News
A quick round up of recent activities in the world of public legal education.
