Free access to law – is it here to stay? : global study on the sustainability of free access to law initiatives; IDRC final technical report

This final report summarises the activities led over the course of the 2 year study entitled “Free Access to Law – Is it Here to Stay”. This project produced eleven case studies of different Free Access to Law initiatives with a goal to better understand what the initiatives do and how they do it best. A Good Practices Handbook was prepared based on the findings of these case studies. Although the project experienced a number of hurdles as much to do with challenges within the research team as with external factors related to accessing interview subjects, the project as a whole came out successful in accomplishing all the objectives the team had originally set out for itself. Further, the project was successful in accomplishing larger development goals such as capacity building and building a community of cross-continent researchers, at least in the field of access to legal information. This report offers a few recommendations which hope to serve similar projects in the future, in particular with regards to ensuring a high quality research output when working with a team located all over the world