Meetings & Events

July 4, 2017

YLAL London Minutes – 14.06.2017

Carol Storer, the director of Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG), joined us as a guest speaker to discuss what happens next for…

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May 16, 2017

General Election Event 2017 minutes

On Wednesday 10 May 2017, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) held a pre-general election debate at Garden Court Chambers in London on…

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April 20, 2017

APPG on Legal Aid – 17.1.2017

On 17 January 2017, The All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Legal aid, on Pro Bono and on Public Legal Education came…

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April 11, 2017

Aspiring Solicitors & YLAL in Stoke on Trent: Networking & Introduction to Legal Aid 28.03.2017

“Insightful and practical; exactly what any aspiring lawyer needs to achieve success“ Jack Bizzell – Staffordshire University Student – LLB Hons Law…

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February 13, 2017

YLAL South West 07.02.2017

We met at the University of Law, Bristol, on 7 February 2017 for our event ‘Uncovering the truth behind deaths in custody’,…

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November 23, 2016

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…

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November 11, 2016

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…

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November 5, 2016

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…

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October 14, 2016

YLAL Minutes 12.10.2016

At our last London meeting we heard from Mike McColgan from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign about the need for a…

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October 4, 2016

YLAL North (Liverpool): Minutes 22.09.2016

Making a Murderer, in the UK? 22nd Sept 2016 Chris Topping – Director of JC Group and civil rights, actions against the…

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