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COVID-19: Immediate action needed to protect junior legal aid lawyers
20 March 2020 Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) calls on the Government, chambers and law firms across the country to immediately: –…
Criminal Legal Aid Review
YLAL is participating in the Ministry of Justice’s Criminal Legal Aid Review (‘CLAR’). Part of this involves us attending consultation and focus…
YLAL Committee member Malvika speaks to BBC News
Malvika Jaganmohan, YLAL Committee member and family law barrister at St Ives Chambers spoke to BBC News on 27 December 2019. She…
Email template: 3Pledges4Justice
Find your Parliamentary candidates here. Dear XXX, I am your future constituent and a member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’)….
MP for Aldridge-Brownhills visits Southwark Law Centre
On Monday 14 October, Wendy Morton MP visited Southwark Law Centre as part of our TakeYourMPtoWork campaign. Wendy is Under-Secretary of State for…
MP for Lewisham West and Penge visits Lewisham Southwark Law Centre
On 19 September 2019, Ellie Reeves MP visited Lewisham Southwark Law Centre. Ellie said, of her visit: Great to spend yesterday…
Becoming a solicitor
ROUTES TO QUALIFICATION AS A SOLICITOR Training Contract A training contract is the final stage on the path to qualification as a…
Kemptown MP visits Brighton Advice Centre
Lloyd Russell Moyle, MP for Kemptown & Peacehaven, visited Brighton Advice Centre on 1 August 2019. You can read about Lloyd’s visit…
Stretford & Urmston MP visits GMLC
On 31 July 2019, Kate Green MP visited Greater Manchester Law Centre to learn more about early legal advice. Kate said of…
Project Means Test: Research
The Idea We all know it’s usually the YLALs who are dealing with the absolute frustration of completing legal aid applications. We’re…