As part of the 15th Annual National Pro Bono Week, LawWorks and the Bar Pro Bono Unit are pleased to launch the Law School Challenge. The aim of the Challenge is to raise funds for both charities to...
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09/11/2016 - 3:56pm
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At the heart of co-production is the simple idea that clients are equal partners in the outcomes achieved and the service delivered. In 2017, LawWorks invited Edgar Cahn, both a legal clinician and...
29/08/2019 - 12:03pm -
This resource aims to help you develop and deliver accessible services (remotely and face to face). We address the issues of who accesses services and who is excluded from them, set them within...
17/07/2020 - 12:32pm -
Launched during National Pro Bono Week on 3rd November, the appointment based clinic service will be operating on the first Tuesday of every month, providing a vital service which will further...
05/11/2015 - 11:54am -
Former Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, had suggested that wealthy lawyers should "look to their consciences" and do more pro bono work or contribute cash to prop up the poorer...
17/02/2017 - 5:03pm -
New research highlights the need for access to free legal advice in constituencies across England & Wales. More than half of MPs surveyed reported significant increases in the volume of their...
07/07/2023 - 3:56pm -
The project has two goals - making the overall process smoother and more effective for clinic coordinators, and increasing the quality and amount of client impact data collected. This should enable...
26/03/2018 - 3:43pm -
The passing of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (which came into force on 1 April 2013) has had a marked effect on the ability of disadvantaged individuals to seek legal...
10/08/2015 - 1:31pm -
Whilst legal aid remains out of scope for the majority of social welfare and family law issues (eg benefits, debt, employment, immigration and private family law cases), the exceptional funding (ECF...
07/11/2019 - 1:50pm -
Your invitation to speak at the celebration of pro bono, National Pro Bono Week about CoProduction and Timebanking conveyed an “out-of-the-box” approach to our joint calling as Servants of Justice....
21/11/2017 - 12:12pm