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2016: Year in Review
2016 was quite a year in politics and current affairs. It was also a year with many significant developments in legal aid…
SRA consultation response
On 9 January 2017, YLAL responded to the second consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on its proposal to introduce a…
Legal aid news – December 2016
Happy new year, and welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from the festive period….
Email to MPs: Bach Commission
Ask your MP to protect the most the vulnerable in society by supporting legal aid and access to justice. The Access to…
Legal aid news – November 2016
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from November 2016, featuring the interim report by…
YLAL Midlands minutes 16.11.2016
Thank you to everyone who came to the meet-up – it was really productive. For those of you who were not able…
Becoming a Legal Aid Lawyer
On Wednesday 9 November 2016, we held a careers event, ‘Becoming a Legal Aid Lawyer‘, at London South Bank University. Young Legal…
YLAL North minutes 01.11.2016
On 1 November, YLAL North groups in Manchester and Sheffield heard from Lawyers Against Poverty about their exerience of the refugee crisis in Jordan. In…
Justice Denied: TUC report
TUC Report finds women and children have been disproportionately affected by the devastating impact of LASPO, by Emma Fitzsimons Prior its enactment,…
Cuts That Hurt: Amnesty report
Amnesty International say legal aid cuts have created two-tier justice that leaves the poorest and most vulnerable out in the cold, by…