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July 5, 2025

In Conversation with Alex Benn

Copyright Oliver Frank Chanarin 2023. Courtesy of Alex Benn. Commissioned and produced by Forma for the project, ‘A Perfect Sentence’.” During June,…

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June 12, 2025

YLAL summer social – 10 July 2025

Join YLAL for our Summer Social an evening of fun, friendly competition, and a chance to catch up with colleagues and friends….

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June 2, 2025

YLAL Statement on LAA Breach Update and Contingency Measures

Young Legal Aid Lawyers remains gravely concerned about the hack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), especially with the newly announced contingency…

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May 31, 2025

YLAL’s 20th Anniversary and Dr Laura Janes’ Honorary KC Celebration

On 23 May 2025, YLAL members old and new gathered to celebrate 20 years of YLAL, and our founder, Dr Laura Janes…

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May 21, 2025

Save the date: YLAL social!

We hope you will have a good time at our 20th anniversary celebration so we are planning to see you at another…

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May 19, 2025

20 Years, 20 Stories: Celebrating Legal Aid

YLAL is turning 20!To mark two decades of commitment to access to justice, we are collecting 20 powerful stories from and about…

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YLAL statement on the recent Legal Aid Agency Data Breach

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is deeply concerned by the recent cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) online digital services. It…

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May 13, 2022

YLAL’s Response to the first Solicitors Qualifying Examination 1 (SQE1) assessment results

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’) implore the SRA, as our regulator, to take urgent and decisive action to address the concerning ethnic group…

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March 30, 2022

YLAL’s response to the delay in the provision of SQE2 exams

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’) has been made aware of an informal announcement by the SRA and Kaplan (who are responsible for…

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