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May 16, 2020

Legal aid news: April 2020

Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from April 2020.   ‘Millions in UK ‘could…

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May 15, 2020

Civil Justice Council Rapid Consultation Response

This is YLAL’s response to the Civil Justice Council (‘CJC’) Rapid Consultation. The CJC launched its consultation on 1 May 2020, against…

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May 11, 2020

Statement on the Resumption of Jury Trials

In response to the  statements from the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor that jury trials in some courts will resume as…

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May 5, 2020

Justice Select Committee Briefing

Young Legal Aid Lawyers provided a briefing on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis upon junior legal aid lawyers.  The Justice Select…

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May 2, 2020

YLAL COVID-19 Survey 2: Impact on Members and their Clients

A month ago, we did a survey about how COVID-19 was affecting our members and their work.  We published a report, which…

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April 29, 2020

YLAL Meeting: Remote justice and our clients: the view from YLAL North

On Wednesday 22 April 2020, YLAL hosted its second remote meeting, ‘Remote justice and our clients: the view from YLAL North’.  We were…

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April 18, 2020

YLAL Meeting: Human rights and access to justice during COVID-19

On Wednesday 8 April 2020, YLAL hosted its first virtual meeting, ‘Human rights and access to justice during COVID-19’. We were joined…

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April 13, 2020

Happy 15th birthday, YLAL!

YLAL is 15 years old today! COVID-19 means that our party plans are on hold, however, we would still like to celebrate…

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April 7, 2020

YLAL COVID-19 Report

On 7 April 2020, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) published an important report on the impact of COVID-19 on its members’ professional lives.  The…

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March 27, 2020

Coronavirus impact

YLAL is gathering evidence as to how coronavirus is impacting our members.  Please complete the survey now.    YLAL made a statement…

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