The Trust Fund allocates funds towards annual grants for applications from organisations that meet the objectives of the Trust Fund, these being:
– To advance the education of the community, and any section of it, with respect to the law
– To advance the collection, assessment and dissemination to the community, and any section of it, of information relating to the law
– To improve the access of the community, and any section of it, to legal services.

Funding may be granted to activities that:
– Advance the education with respect to the law of persons desiring to study law, law students, law graduates, legal practitioners, and persons having responsibility for legal education and for the administration of the law and the legal system
– Establish and advance law libraries and legal information services, including computerised legal information retrieval services
– Advance the examination of the law, the legal system, the legal profession, legal education, legal services and the effect of any of them on the community, or any section of it.

Persons, organisations or institutions can apply for funding for activities that fall within the above objects of the Trust Fund. Applications are received in advance for activities occurring in the following financial year, 1 July to 30 June.