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Legal Aid News: September 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from September 2020 YLAL Survey & Roundtable…
Social mobility and COVID-19
We are grateful to YLAL member, Charlotte Simpson, for this original content piece. Pre-COVID considerations Diversity and Inclusion, or D&I, is increasingly…
COVID Safety In Magistrates’ Courts
It has been reported that defence practitioners today staged a walk out of Bristol Magistrates’ Court over unsafe working conditions, including a…
Legal Aid News: August 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from August 2020. HoC Justice Committee Report: Published…
Join the YLAL committee: applications now open!
Are you looking for a new challenge? YLAL has opportunities for dedicated members to join our national committee and contribute to helping…
Regulations that threaten access to justice to be revoked
We are thrilled to report that the government has conceded that the new “fixed fees” for asylum and immigration legal aid work…
Legal Aid News: July 2020
Welcome to our update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from July 2020. YLAL among the practitioner…
Young Lawyers Making Change Festival 2020
YLAL was pleased to bring you, along with our partners Public Law Project and Justice First Fellows, our Young Lawyers Making Change…
Statement on the treatment of BPTC students due to sit BSB exams in August 2020
Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) is committed to promoting the interests of new entrants to the legal profession and to increasing…
Legal aid news: June 2020
Welcome to our update of the legal aid and access to justice news from June 2020. Asylum and immigration appeals: On Monday…