Articles Archive
Below are all our previously published articles and news items - blog posts will be included here too.
There are also 2 wordpress blog sites which we previously used and for whom content is still available, although they are not currently being updated:
View from the Gravy Train
Thanks 2 Legal Aid
YLAL response to MOJ consultation 'Legal aid: funding reforms'
Post date: 13th of November 200913 November 2009: YLAL submitted their response last night.
MOJ consultation paper: http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/legal-aid-funding-reforms.htm
Click HERE to read the YLAL response
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Question Time
Post date: 1st of November 2009Video from the 2009 Event
Video from the 2008 Event
Video from the 2007 Event
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Magee review: YLAL response
Post date: 22nd of October 2009The Ministry of Justice has announced yet another review of legal aid, the Magee review. See http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease131009a.htm
YLAL includes both criminal and civil practitioners. We welcome any endeavour to protect both the civil and criminal budgets. But we continue to believe that there should be no cap. Rather, adequate access to justice for both those with civil and criminal legal problems must be available when needed and administered by a truly independent body.
YLAL responds to MOJ consultation 'Refocusing on priority cases'
Post date: 8th of October 2009YLAL has submitted to the Ministry of Justice its response to the consultation paper 'Refocusing on priority cases'.
Response (including covering letter)
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Supervision survey report published
Post date: 31st of August 2009YLAL has published its report into the findings of its 2008-9 supervision survey, which responds to the supervision ratio proposed by the Legal Services Commission's in their 2008 consultation paper 'Civil bid rounds for 2010'.
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LSC responds to civil bid consultation
Post date: 1st of July 2009Young Legal Aid Lawyers “gutted” by LSC U-turn on supervisor ratios that may have disastrous impact on quality for clients
Read more...YLAL wins LAPG outstanding achievement award
Post date: 24th of June 2009
Young Legal Aid Lawyers was elated to receive an outstanding achievement award from LAPG at their silver jubilee Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards on 23 June 2009. The awards ceremony took place at the Cumberland Hotel near Marble Arch and was followed by a champagne reception.
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'Legal aid in the twenty first century' by Omar Khan
Post date: 8th of April 2009Click HERE to read an article that explains the current state of legal aid and its implications for those trying to enter the profession. This article was written by Omar Khan for the College of Law's magazine.
Read more...Quick, Dirty but Important: YLAL's Research into unmet legal need at Court
Post date: 3rd of August 2008
Concerned by anecdotal evidence from its members about increasing numbers of litigants in person struggling in the County and Magistrates’ courts, and frustrated by the lack of any research into the impact on clients of the first tranche of the most recent changes to legal aid, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) has conducted its own study of court users.
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