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Social mobility – call for action
Siobhán Lloyd reports back from the Westminster Legal Policy Forum meeting on 2 February where Katie Brown, co-chair of Young Legal Aid…
Human rights essay competition
Law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and junior lawyers (current, prospective or inbetween stages) are invited to enter the Law Society’s annual Graham Turnbull…
Carers Watch blog post
Carita Thomas has written an update on the legal aid bill for the Carers Watch blog site http://carerwatch.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/legal-aid-bill-goes-into-the-lords-committee-stage-today-dec-20th-2011/…
Quakers Asylum & Refugee Network article
Carita Thomas has written “Vulnerable Children will lose access to justice with cuts to legal aid” for the website of the Quakers…
Legal aid cuts a false economy
Kings College have published a report Unintended Consequences: the cost of the Government’s Legal Aid Reforms, analysing the knock-on costs to the forthcoming…
Public Law Training
YLAL TRAINING LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS FOR 2012 JUDICIAL REVIEW LECTURES Wednesday 29th February 2012- 6.30pm – College of Law, 14 Store Street,…
What shall we do without legal aid?
Please read this excellent speech by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Vice-President of the Law Society, recounting the historical origins of legal aid and warning…
International Women’s Day – your help is needed!
The International Women’s Day summit will take place on 8 March 2012. In connection with the summit the Junior Lawyers Division of…
Legal aid cuts will punish victims of trafficking and exploitation
“Legal aid cuts will punish victims of trafficking and exploitation” ECPAT blog, 25th November 2011 by Birgitte Hagem and Laura Janes…
Livid about legal aid
“Livid about legal aid” The Site, 22nd November 2011 by Maia Cohen-Lask…