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November 4, 2021

SQE or LPC: What do the candidates think?

    In just a few days’ time the first candidates will sit the new Solicitor’s Qualifying Exam (SQE). For the first…

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October 8, 2021

Interview: Dr Jess Guth on the SQE

Q&A with Dr Jess Guth on the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) YLAL’s Aneela Samrai sat down with Dr Jess Guth for a…

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September 9, 2021

The impact of SQE on workers’ rights

  This article is brought to you by James Cunningham from Legal Sector Workers United In 2014 the SRA, as part of the…

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May 19, 2021

Solicitors Qualifying Exam Hub

  YLAL is often contacted by our members to ask what will SQE mean for them, how will it work, how much…

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June 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic; a scapegoat for the imminent collapse of the CJS

This piece was written for the YLAL website by Pietra Asprou, who has recently completed the BPTC and is a paralegal at…

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June 13, 2019

Legal aid news: June 2019

Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from June 2019. YLAL’s #TakeYourMPToWork campaign: We have…

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January 18, 2019

YLAL response to Law Society article on trainee salaries

The Law Society has published findings which state that the number of trainee solicitors working for less than the recommended minimum salary…

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January 14, 2019

Consent Order in Duncan Lewis no payment without permission JR

As requested at our London meeting on 9 January 2019, please find attached the consent order in Duncan Lewis’ judicial review of…

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November 21, 2018

Resources from Discrimination Event

Attached to this post is Sarah Hannett’s handout from the joint YLAL-DLA event on “Access to Justice for Victims of Discrimination” held…

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March 1, 2018

Litigants in Person – The Harsh Reality of Facing the Court System Alone

YLAL member Mayuri Patel, prepares a thought provoking account of volunteering for the much needed charity, Personal Support Unit….

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