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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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Proposed increase to civil legal aid fees – our response
2 December 2024 – Friday’s announcement by the Lord Chancellor of a consultation on an increase in legal aid fees in housing,…
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YLAL Statement on the Law Society’s Judicial Review (Criminal Legal Aid Review)
13 December 2023 – Young Legal Aid Lawyers have released a statement to coincide with the hearing of the Law Society’s judicial…