briefings
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…
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…
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…
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…