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Changing Lives through Pro Bono – University of Edinburgh
November 8, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
During this panel our speakers (Lourens Grové, Julianna Cartwright, and a selection of students) will discuss the current Pro Bono Work which is undertaken by the Law School at the University of Edinburgh, how you can get involved and what it’s all about. There will be a Q&A session, alongside tea and coffee.
Highlights include: the Free Legal Advice Centre (including the Volunteer Law Clinic and Faculty of Advocate Referrals) and the Tax Clinic.
Lourens Grové is currently a Senior Lecturer in Clinical and Experiential Legal Education at the University of Edinburgh. Previously from the University of Pretoria, where he has undertaken numerous roles, perhaps most notably as the Supervising Attorney and then Chief Attorney in the University’s Law Clinic since 2005.
Julianna Cartwright has a wide ranging practice encompassing family law, mental health and professional negligence and is instructed in the Court of Session and the Sheriff Court.
The one hour talk will be followed by refreshments.