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Young Legal Aid Lawyers release a new report – “Overstretched & Unsustainable: a case study of the immigration and asylum legal aid sector”
27 April 2023 Authored by Dr Jo Hynes of Public Law Project, the report focuses on the issues facing young legal aid…
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…
SWSQF Press
YLAL is proud to have been involved in the setting up of the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund in 2021. You can read…
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 assessing…
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…
YLAL submission to the Government consultation on Human Rights Act reform
On 14th December 2021 the Ministry of Justice announced an open consultation, entitled: Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights…
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%…
#YLALVirtual 16 February 2022 – Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill Of Rights Consultation
At our #YLALVirtual on Wednesday 16 February 2022 at 6.30pm, our incredible panel of legal aid practitioners and policy experts gathered to…
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…
YLAL response to MoJ call for evidence on immigration legal aid fees and the online system
On 2 December 2021, YLAL submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence on immigration legal aid fees and the…