Campaigns

May 14, 2024

Take Your MP to Work

7 July 2024 – We are excited to be working together with Migrants Organise and the Legal Aid Practitioners Group on ‘Take…

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February 22, 2024

YLAL Response to the Ministry of Justice’s “Review of Civil Legal Aid – Call for Evidence”.

On 21 February 2024, YLAL submitted our response to the Open Call for Evidence launched by the Ministry of Justice (‘MoJ’) on…

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January 13, 2024

YLAL Response to Law Society Green Paper: ‘Proposals for a 21st Century Justice System’

YLAL has drafted a Response to the Law Society Green Paper “Proposals for a 21st Century Justice System”. YLAL welcomes the detailed…

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April 27, 2023

Young Legal Aid Lawyers release a new report – “Overstretched & Unsustainable: a case study of the immigration and asylum legal aid sector”

27 April 2023 Authored by Dr Jo Hynes of Public Law Project, the report focuses on the issues facing young legal aid…

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October 21, 2022

Social Mobility Report 2022

YLAL is acutely aware that the UK is experiencing an unprecedented cost of living crisis as this report is being published. Ballooning…

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March 8, 2022

YLAL submission to the Government consultation on Human Rights Act reform

On 14th December 2021 the Ministry of Justice announced an open consultation, entitled: Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights…

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February 7, 2022

Third YLAL Covid-19 Report

On 8th February 2022, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) published its third and final report on the impact of Covid-19 on its…

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December 15, 2021

YLAL response to MoJ call for evidence on immigration legal aid fees and the online system

On 2 December 2021, YLAL submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence on immigration legal aid fees and the…

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December 3, 2021

SQE Survey Report 2021

On 12 May 2021, YLAL sent a survey to its members. The purpose of this was to gain an understanding into the likely…

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March 4, 2021

YLAL’s response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review

On 3 March 2021, YLAL submitted its response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review (‘IHRAR’).  To help inform its submission, YLAL hosted a…

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