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Launch of Save Legal Aid campaign
YLAL welcomes the launch of the Alliance for Legal Aid’s campaign to Save Legal Aid….
MOJ response to ‘Refocusing on priority cases’
On Wednesday 3 February the Ministry of Justice published its response to its 2009 consultation paper ‘Legal aid: refocusing on priority cases’….
Human Rights Lawyers Association lecture
Human Rights Lawyers Association lecture on access to justice as a human right — Wednesday 10 February 2010, 6pm with YLAL meeting…
Joint meeting of the APPGs on citizens advice and legal aid – EVENT CANCELLED
This meeting (which was scheduled for 26 Jan) has had to be cancelled at short notice, for which we apologise. It will be…
MOJ annoucements on cuts to criminal legal aid
The Minsistry of Justice has today announced its response to the criminal legal aid consultation and its plans to make cuts to…
Parliamentary question on legal aid impact test
Karen Buck MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid (www.appg-legalaid.org) on 9 December asked: "To ask the Secretary…
Sign the Downing Street petition to abandon ‘refocusing on priority cases’ proposals
23 October 2009: Please take a moment to register any concerns you may have about the Ministry of Justice’s latest plans to…
Gwendolen Morgan is highly commended in Law Society Excellence Awards 2009
23 October 2009: Gwendolen Morgan, a solicitor at Bindmans LLP and founding member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers, was last night highly…
Question Time 2009 – thank you for helping us celebrate 60 years of legal aid!
17 October 2009: YLAL’s annual event, Question Time, took place in front of an audience of 250 students and practitioners at South…
YLAL at the LAPG Conference 2009
YLAL hosted two workshops at the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) Conference on Friday 9 October 2009. The sessions, chaired by YLAL…