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YLAL response to Law Society article on trainee salaries
The Law Society has published findings which state that the number of trainee solicitors working for less than the recommended minimum salary…
How To… Meet With Your MP
YLAL has prepared a document for its members on How to meet with your MP, which is attached. Thanks to YLAL’s Heather…
Litigants in Person – The Harsh Reality of Facing the Court System Alone
YLAL member Mayuri Patel, prepares a thought provoking account of volunteering for the much needed charity, Personal Support Unit….
YLAL writes for Legal Voice
YLAL’s vice-chair Siobhan Taylor-Ward writes for YLAL’s series in Legal Voice; This (young legal aid) life. “I have been asked by the…
YLAL writes for Solicitors Journal
YLAL’s Heather Thomas writes for the Solicitors Journal: Looking after looked-after children Heather Thomas considers how the fundamentally different disciplines of family…
YLAL writes for the JusticeGap
YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter’s latest article for the JusticeGap, published in May 2017 covers our pre-election debate on access to justice featuring…
YLAL writes for Legal Action Group (LAG) Magazine
While we recognise the acute financial pressures faced by many legal aid firms, the use of extensive unpaid work experience is both…
YLAL Statement on criminal legal aid
YLAL is concerned that the government has decided to proceed with plans to cut criminal legal aid by a further 8.75%, introduce…
YLAL writes for Solicitor’s Journal
YLAL now write a regular feature for Young Lawyer and Solicitor’s Journal updating on government reforms to legal aid, and developments in…
Ollie writes for Legal Voice
Oliver Carter, co-chair of YLAL has been writing articles for online journal Legal Voice since 2014. His latest article was ‘Labour lambasts…