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July 30, 2025

“They Should Know Better”: The Dangerous Impact of Adultification in the Criminal Justice System

 By: Priya Pandya Committee Member Priya Pandya is a senior criminal defence paralegal and aspiring criminal barrister, with experience across a wide…

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July 27, 2025

Legal aid gets a boost… but not enough

On 2 July 2025, the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) announced the conclusion of the Civil legal aid: Towards a sustainable future consultation….

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July 22, 2025

YLAL Wellbeing Event – 31 July 2025

Join YLAL for our Wellbeing Event: an evening of discussion about the emotional toll of working in legal aid, and practical tools…

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July 5, 2025

In Conversation with Alex Benn

Copyright Oliver Frank Chanarin 2023. Courtesy of Alex Benn. Commissioned and produced by Forma for the project, ‘A Perfect Sentence’.” During June,…

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June 12, 2025

YLAL summer social – 10 July 2025

Join YLAL for our Summer Social an evening of fun, friendly competition, and a chance to catch up with colleagues and friends….

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June 2, 2025

YLAL Statement on LAA Breach Update and Contingency Measures

Young Legal Aid Lawyers remains gravely concerned about the hack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), especially with the newly announced contingency…

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May 31, 2025

YLAL’s 20th Anniversary and Dr Laura Janes’ Honorary KC Celebration

On 23 May 2025, YLAL members old and new gathered to celebrate 20 years of YLAL, and our founder, Dr Laura Janes…

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May 21, 2025

Save the date: YLAL social!

We hope you will have a good time at our 20th anniversary celebration so we are planning to see you at another…

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May 19, 2025

20 Years, 20 Stories: Celebrating Legal Aid

YLAL is turning 20!To mark two decades of commitment to access to justice, we are collecting 20 powerful stories from and about…

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YLAL statement on the recent Legal Aid Agency Data Breach

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is deeply concerned by the recent cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) online digital services. It…

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