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October 30, 2025

Empowering Voices, Building Futures: YLAL Celebrates Black History Month

In conversation with Kwame Sekyere As part of Black History Month, we are sharing conversations with members of the legal profession about…

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October 23, 2025

Empowering Voices, Building Futures: YLAL Celebrates Black History Month

In Conversation With Michael Ackah As part of Black History Month, we are sharing conversations with solicitors, barristers and members of the…

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October 13, 2025

Empowering Voices, Building Futures: YLAL Celebrates Black History Month

In Conversation With Patricia Tueje As part of Black History Month, we are sharing conversations with solicitors, barristers and members of the…

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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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May 19, 2025

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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December 3, 2024

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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February 5, 2024

Email Updates

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December 13, 2023

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…

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October 5, 2023

YLAL Statement on the SQE-1 Booking Process (October 2023)

5 October 2023 – Young Legal Aid Lawyers is calling on the SRA and Kaplan (the company contracted to administer the Solicitors…

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