briefings

April 6, 2023

Statement on Ten Years of LASPO

6 April 2023 This month marks ten years of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“LASPO”) being in…

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May 13, 2022

YLAL’s Response to the first Solicitors Qualifying Examination 1 (SQE1) assessment results

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’) implore the SRA, as our regulator, to take urgent and decisive action to address the concerning ethnic group…

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March 30, 2022

YLAL’s response to the delay in the provision of SQE2 exams

Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’) has been made aware of an informal announcement by the SRA and Kaplan (who are responsible for…

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March 15, 2022

YLAL Statement on the Government Response to the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid

  Sir Christopher Bellamy QC published his report on the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review (CLAIR), dated 29 November 2021. This was a wide…

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February 19, 2022

Creating a diverse profession with lawyers equipped for the modern legal market

This article was guest-written by Craig Tickner, the President of CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) .   Around 21% of solicitors and 34%…

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February 7, 2022

Third YLAL Covid-19 Report

On 8th February 2022, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) published its third and final report on the impact of Covid-19 on its…

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June 21, 2020

A sector at breaking point: Justice denied for victims of trafficking

A new report by Young Legal Aid Lawyers (‘YLAL’), “A Sector at Breaking Point: Justice Denied for Victims of Trafficking”, confirms that…

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May 5, 2020

Justice Select Committee Briefing

Young Legal Aid Lawyers provided a briefing on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis upon junior legal aid lawyers.  The Justice Select…

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January 30, 2020

Briefing for MPs on Early Legal Advice

Ahead of the APPG on Legal Aid meeting on Monday 3rd February, YLAL, with the APPG on Legal Aid, Justice Alliance and…

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May 5, 2018

Time for Justice: Event and Briefing

Following Early Day Motion 1111, which concerns the government’s proposed Statutory Instrument (SI) on Criminal Legal Aid remuneration, a debate will take place in…

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