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Racial Diversity in the Professions: Then and Now. Session 2: The System
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Legal Aid News: September 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from September 2020 YLAL Survey & Roundtable…
Social mobility and COVID-19
We are grateful to YLAL member, Charlotte Simpson, for this original content piece. Pre-COVID considerations Diversity and Inclusion, or D&I, is increasingly…
The impact of COVID-19 on students
We are grateful to YLAL member, Rachel Kelly, for writing this original content piece. COVID-19 has had a severe impact on life…
Submission to the Justice Committee Inquiry on the Future of Legal Aid
The Justice Committee is conducting an Inquiry into the future of legal aid and launched a consultation on 7 September 2020…
YLAL Submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law
On 31 July 2020, the Government established the Independent Review of Administrative Law (“the Review”), consisting of a panel of six practitioners…
COVID Safety In Magistrates’ Courts
It has been reported that defence practitioners today staged a walk out of Bristol Magistrates’ Court over unsafe working conditions, including a…
Does Judicial Diversity Matter?
We are grateful to Amany for this piece, who is a YLAL member and currently undertaking work experience to save up for…
Legal Aid and access to justice post COVID-19
This piece was written by YLAL members Chloe Darcy and Ella Cornwall. How does Legal Aid need to be reformed in order…