ASA’s SCARE meeting was held virtually on 26 November 2021. This event attracted a wide range of researchers, academics and advice sector practitioners as both contributors and audience members. It gathered the people who commission, undertake and use research in the field of social welfare legal advice.
What does current research have to say about the value of advice?
This year’s event focused on emerging methods of research and generating robust evidence on the advice sector and access to justice.
The event looked at robust research methods and the use of economic evidence and considering the usefulness of such approaches.
Speakers and presentations
Session 1 – The use of economic research in the advice sector
Presentation of three pieces of recent research with an economic approach followed by a panel discussion on the pros and cons of this method and what future for such methodologies
- Jon Franklin, Chief Economist, Pro Bono Economics Jon Franklin presentation (PPTX)
- Rebecca Munro, Pragmatix Advisory Rebecca Munro presentation (PPTX)
- Dr Naomi Creutzfeldt, University of Westminster Naomi Creutzfeldt presentation (PPTX)
Session 2 – Mapping of advice services and other access to justice services
Presentation of three different pieces of research which attempt to map access to justice provision, followed by a panel discussion on the ways in which such research can be used to support development of advice services
- Lindsey Poole Introduction to the mapping challenge and benefits Lindsey Poole presentation (PPTX)
- Dr Jo Wilding, University of Sussex, Mapping Immigration services Jo Wilding presentation (PPTX)
Session 3 – Round-up of other developments and useful research
- What Works Centre for Access to Justice Dr Natalie Byrom, Legal Education Foundation
- The Missing: change of clients during the Pandemic Ciara Timoney, Simmons and Simmons
- Prisoners: Addressing the evidence gap in social welfare advice Kevin Wong, Manchester Metropolitan University
Watch the meeting
You can watch the whole meeting on YouTube (2 hours, 33 minutes).
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