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Quick, Dirty but Important: YLAL’s Research into unmet legal need at Court
Concerned by anecdotal evidence from its members about increasing numbers of litigants in person struggling in the County and Magistrates’ courts, and…
Legal Services Commission 2008 Training Contracts Scheme launched
YLAL welcome the LSC’s increase in the number of training contact grants to be made available for the next scheme. While we…
LSC announce extra sponsored training contracts!
When it became apparent late last year that only 75 of the usual sponsored training contracts had been awarded by the LSC,…
YLAL’s Kat Craig Comments in the Guardian
YLAL Committee member Kat Craig and trainee at Christian Khan has commented in the free comment section of the Guardian – read…
Secret Santa from the Legal Services Commission
Civil contracts to be terminated….but not sure when…. Just as legal aid lawyers were preparing to leave on Friday 21st December, they…
Johann Hari: The scandal of this assault on legal aid
Finally, an excellent piece on legal aid in the national press – read it hereJohann Hari met with YLAL members to find…
Young Legal Aid Lawyers welcome crucial Court of Appeal judgment on the ‘unified contract’
News release 29th November 2007 Young Legal Aid lawyers have welcomed the decision by the Court of Appeal that the Unified Contract…
Christmas Party – 6th December, from 7pm, Garden Court Chambers – all welcome!
The party is a joint party with the HaldaneSociety of Socialist Lawyers Minimum donation: £5 (includes a bottle of wine!) Garden Court…
Two letters to Government….
From the beginning, YLAL have been trying to get legal aid on the main stream agenda. After all, Gordon has put social…
LSC announces Training Contract Grants Scheme Awards 2007
On the 13th September 2007, the Legal Services Commission announced the list of firms that will be able to offer sponsored training…