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Legal aid cuts a false economy
Kings College have published a report Unintended Consequences: the cost of the Government’s Legal Aid Reforms, analysing the knock-on costs to the forthcoming…
Public Law Training
YLAL TRAINING LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS FOR 2012 JUDICIAL REVIEW LECTURES Wednesday 29th February 2012- 6.30pm – College of Law, 14 Store Street,…
What shall we do without legal aid?
Please read this excellent speech by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Vice-President of the Law Society, recounting the historical origins of legal aid and warning…
International Women’s Day – your help is needed!
The International Women’s Day summit will take place on 8 March 2012. In connection with the summit the Junior Lawyers Division of…
LASPO Bill – Lords’ 2nd reading briefing 21 Nov
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is due to be debated by the House of Lords on Monday 21…
Legal Aid Bill: Pair Up With a Peer
Campaign group Justice For All, with the assistance of YLAL, has set up a “pair up with a peer” scheme. The idea…
Legal Aid Bill – Last chance for MPs
Justice for All have a quick and simple way for you to message your MP to encourage them to oppose the Legal…
thejusticegap.com – new legal website launches
Journalist Jon Robins had launched an excellent new legal website aimed at non-lawyers. The site aims to shine "a light on those…
YLAL introduction to legal aid, 12th October 2011 and CHANGE TO TIME OF MONTHLY MEETING
YLAL is putting on an informal "introduction to legal aid" at Doughty Street Chambers on 12th October 2011. The talk/training session is…
More High Court Challenges to the legal aid cuts
This week a further two legal challenges have been made to the forthcoming cuts to legal aid. The first, relating to the…