Project tools

Principles and Guidance Plenet 2010 Plenet is gathering examples of practitioner's tools to support the PLE community and help develop effective public legal education.

PLE providers have often worked in isolation and there has been patchy and uneven development with few opportunities for project leaders to link up and share information. The PLEAS taskforce identified this as a problem in their 2007 report where they observed that the lack of knowledge of what others are doing or have done, of their successes and failures was a major obstacle to the improvement and growth of PLE.

Plenet is working towards remedying this by sharing information on good practice, spreading learning, building capacity and drawing the PLE community together. Practical tools include PLE principles and guidance published in 2010, guidance on how to provide information, classifying information and project evaluation.

You can find a selection of examples of PLE materials illustrating good practice in our PLE materials section.

PLE Principles and guidance

Commissioned by Plenet, straightforward and clear guidance can be found in this excellent guide written for people who provide or who are thinking about providing public legal education (PLE). The guide identifies five key principles for the delivery of PLE and provides guidance, practical examples and suggestions under each heading to help people put principles into practice. Find out more...

How to do equality PLE

In September 2010, Advicenow published a new guide on how to do an equality PLE project. This excellent guide is for new comers and old hands alike. It offers unique guidance on how to design, plan, deliver, monitor and evaluated projects. Find out more...

Equality PLE: What works well? Lessons from the UK, Europe and the world

A good practice guide published by Advicenow in December 2010 providing information about what works well in the UK and around the world. It includes a brief outline of 13 international equality PLE projects and a summary of the lessons learned. Find out more ...

Equalities PLE: Plan and deliver !

Report on a series of workshops on planning and delivering an equalities PLE project. The report records participants views on the value of PLE, how to plan a project and what advisers and agencies need to make projects more successful. The report provides links to Advicenow's 'How to plan an equalities PLE project'. Find out more...

Policy on public legal education and information (PLEI) in Canada

In November 2009, the Department of Justice in Canada published their new policy on the development and delivery of public legal education and information. It is based on five key principles. Find out more...

Better Information project

Advicenow's 'Better Information' project has set up a website and produced a handbook dedicated to creating and up-dating information on law-related issues. It offers guidance and resources for both government and the third sector. Find out more...

Classifying information - improving access

The Content Classification Scheme (CCS) has been developed to improve public access to legal information and is a valuable resource for any organisation that needs to manage rights and legal information. Find out more...