LAS produces high-quality research and policy papers which span a wide range of areas from the criminal justice system to human rights of various marginalized and discriminated sections of society such as religious minorities and women in Pakistan. The research products of LAS are meant to better inform the policy discourse and practice level changes in the field of access to justice and legal empowerment in Pakistan. The research excellence of LAS is recognized at both the national and international level at various fora.

LAS produced a wide range of  research reports and publications which include:

  • Delay in Trial: Empirical Evidence From the Magistrates’ Court in Karachi
  • Position Paper on the State of Legal Education and the Case for Reforms in Legal Education
  • Prioritizing Needs: An Evidence Based Study for Religious Minorities in Larkana, Sukkur and Ghotki
  • Rights? What Rights? An Analysis of Emerging Human Rights from Constitutional Case Law in Pakistan
  • Vulnerability and Society: A Qualitative Analysis of the calls received by the Legal Advisory Call Centre
  • Delays in the Delivery of Justice in Civil Cases: Empirical Evidence from Four Judicial Districts in Sindh
  • Justice Gap Analysis in Sindh
  • Domestic Violence
  • The Victim and the Accused: An analysis of legal needs in the criminal ‎justice system in Sindh