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SRA decides on min salary
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has decided that it will not oblige firms and organisations to pay trainee solicitors anything more than…
Essay competition to win free LPC place
The partner magazine to the Solicitors’ Journal “Young Lawyer” has teamed up with legal training provider NCLT to offer one of their…
End of specialist support?
YLAL has responded to the Legal Services Commission (LSC) consultation on the future of the Specialist Support Service. The LSC aims to…
Access to profession
Professor Hilary Sommerlad, School of Law, University of Leicester is looking for volunteers to take part in a piece of research on…
“Ping pong” action
The Parliamentary process known as “ping pong” has truly begun. The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill was back…
Keep the minimum salary
YLAL has submitted its response to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation on the proposal to scrap the minimum salary requirement for…
Why we must protect the shrinking legal aid safety net
Nadia Salam has written for The Social Issue blog on legal aid cuts and the telephone gateway in December 2011 http://thesocialissue.com/2011/12/why-we-must-protect-the-shrinking-legal-aid-safety-net/…
YLAL “lawyer to watch”
Guardian Law has a series where readers can nominate lawyers to watch. We are very pleased that YLAL founder Laura Janes has…
False Economy blog on MP report
Nadia Salam and Katie Tiley have written for the False Economy blog about our MP report: http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/new-report-shows-mps-will-struggle-to-help-constituents-after-legal-aid-cha…
Impact of legal aid cuts on MPs
“Nowhere else to turn: The impact of legal aid cuts on MPs’ ability to help their constituents” A report setting out the…