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To kick off the week’s events we will be taking a look back over the past year, celebrating successes, talking about lessons learned from the pandemic and thinking about what more we can do in 2021. This will be a great opportunity to reflect on your own involvement in pro bono throughout 2020 and see […]
Birmingham Trainee Solicitors’ Society and Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee invites trainee solicitors to pit their wits against one of the biggest access to justice issues in recent history. Local advice charities have seen demand for their services soar throughout the pandemic and they have had to adapt quickly to meet that need. What […]
To mark the University Law School’s dedication and commitment to pro bono work and clinical legal education, the Legal Advice Centre will be holding a ‘Family Mediation Clinic’ where a practitioner and qualified mediator will attend the Centre offering free appointments to those who want to find out more about the mediation process, what is […]
Government Legal Department members only. This will be a short talk by the Director of Queen Mary's Advice Centre and a talk from a GLD lawyer who has recently started to volunteer at the Centre. The talk will give people an idea about the sort of issues that arise in an Advice Centre, and to reassure GLD […]
Never worked in a legal clinic or feel you could benefit from hearing from some experts in the field? In our first session, we will focus on "Practical Tips when Advising at Legal Clinics". The session will be presented by Tim Boyce and Charlotte Rendle from Simmons and Simmons and Joshua Smith, Legal Counsel at Schroders. Tim is Head of […]
Join us to hear speakers from LawWorks and law firm Reed Smith to describe how Pro bono support from solicitors works and how it can help small charities in particular Suitable for trustees, staff and volunteers of small charities.
Join us to watch the two Amicus student groups debate the motion: The parties to a criminal trial should have the freedom to vet potential jurors and conduct post-trial analysis
Join us to hear John Kamara talk about his experience being a victim of a miscarriage of justice. John was the victim of a miscarriage of justice when he was falsely convicted of murder. He spent almost 20 years in prison until his conviction was overturned with the assistance of a university Innocence project.