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SUMMARY:"For Sama" Virtual Viewing - University of Edinburgh Pro Bono Society
DESCRIPTION:*University of Edinburgh students & members only* \nWe will be streaming the documentary via Microsoft Teams. You will be invited to join a Team before the event date. Please make sure you can access Teams through your University of Edinburgh email address and that you are using the same email address to register for your ticket on Eventbrite. \n\n\nPlease click here to donate to Indigo Volunteers via our Golden Giving page and find out more about Indigo Volunteers by clicking on the link to go to their website. \n\n\n“For Sama” is a documentary film surrounding the 5 year journey of filmmaker and journalist Waad al-Kateab and her daughter\, Sama\, during the Syrian Civil War. As one of the BAFTA”s most nominated feature documentary\, “For Sama” has been said to be deeply moving and powerful. We are wanting to air this documentary to educate our members and ourselves\, on the on-going Syrian Civil War and how devastating and impactful it is\, whilst raising money for an organisation that helps provide volunteers to support these type of crises. Indigo Volunteers is a charity that assists with humanitarian projects\, including the refugee crisis. As the Pro Bono Society aims at promoting access to justice\, we are creating this fundraiser to help support Indigo Volunteers in their goal for providing volunteers to help assist in these crises across the globe. \nWe are wanting to promote this fundraiser with Indigo Volunteers with this primary launch event for Pro Bono Week UK 2020 with the documentary viewing\, but we will be continuing to help raise money through other initiatives\, such as an upcoming virtual baking challenge that will take place across our social media accounts.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/for-sama-virtual-viewing-university-of-edinburgh-pro-bono-society
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:The power of pro bono - PILS Project & the Law Society of Northern Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Join the PILS Project and the Law Society of Northern Ireland during UK Pro Bono Week as they host a virtual session on the power of pro bono for your CV in times of COVID. \n \nEngaging in pro bono work has lots of potential benefits for legal professionals. Not only does it open you up to new areas of law\, it can also enhance your career prospects.\n \nAt a time when networking with colleagues and creating learning opportunities are more logistically difficult\, recently qualified solicitors and barristers are particularly affected by the impact of COVID-19 on the profession.\n \nThis free event is open to all\, but will be of particular interest to recently qualified legal professionals and law students. \n \nChair: Sinead Mulhern – Solicitor\n1. Jenny Cunningham\, co-chair of the Young Bar NI\n3. Nicholas Lennon\, Bar of NI’s Pro Bono Unit\n4. Dr Esther McGuinness\, founder/co-director of Ulster University’s Law Clinic\n5. Frederick Reilly Solicitor & Northern Ireland Young Solicitors’ Association Representative
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/the-power-of-pro-bono-pils-project-law-society-ni
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Realising Our Potential - In House Pro Bono Group
DESCRIPTION:The In House Pro Bono Group invites you to join us for a webinar primarily aimed at the in-house legal community focussing on how in-house lawyers and their legal departments can participate in pro bono work\, and why it is so important for us to do so\, now more than ever\, in these difficult times.\n \nLast year the In House Pro Bono Guidance was launched\, providing detailed advice and practical tips on how to find\, encourage\, and facilitate pro bono work in house. This webinar will focus on looking further at the resource of the in-house legal community and how it can provide support to those who need legal assistance the most\, but can’t afford it\, and to realise our own potential in this area. \nWe will have some great panellists who are hugely experienced in how in-house legal departments can best set themselves up to provide pro bono support\, as well as from private practice and the voice of the client.\n \nChair: Antonio Suarez-Martinez (Assistant General Counsel\, GSK)\n \nPanellists:          \nLuke Arbuthnot\, Executive Director and Senior Counsel\, Goldman Sachs\nValerie Farkas\, EMEA General Counsel\, Bloomberg\nDiane Sechi\, Pro Bono Coordinator at Simmons & Simmons\nHarmit Springett\, General Counsel at Centrepoint\n \nDue to restrictions imposed as a result of COVID19\, and to ensure the maximum attendance\, we have decided to hold this event virtually via Microsoft Teams. Please register via the weblink below. Access details will be provided closer to the event. Whilst the session is aimed at in-house lawyers\, we welcome anybody who is interested in assisting the in-house community develop and grow its pro bono work to attend.  \n \nWe will cover: \n\nEstablishing a pro bono practice / finding pro bono opportunities\nIdentifying and encouraging volunteers\, sponsors and champions\nEffective partnering with external counsel\nThe value of pro bono work to clients\nWhether virtual working presents more opportunities to assist\nPractical advice\n\nEngagement letters\nInsurance\nCapturing hours\nRewarding pro bono work
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/in-house-pro-bono-realising-our-potential
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Students: the vanguard of pro bono - Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable event to engage and encourage law students to get involved in pro bono at this early stage in their learning and inspire them to continue doing pro bono through their legal career. \nStudents from various educational providers in Birmingham will provide case studies on their pro bono experiences along with recruitment managers at Eversheds Sutherland\, Gowling WLG and Anthony Collins Solicitors explaining what they look for in a graduate and  why pro bono can help students develop the skills they need to work in law.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/students-the-vanguard-of-pro-bono-birmingham-law-society-pro-bono-committee
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Family Law Clinic at Dads House – Kensington and Chelsea
DESCRIPTION:The Dads House legal clinic will be marking the importance of Pro Bono Week by continuing its dedication to providing advice to those who need it most. The clinic will be open 10am – 1.30pm\, as it has been throughout the whole of lockdown\, to give legal guidance to both mothers and fathers. Family lawyer Simon Bruce will be running the sessions and will be joined by two law students. The clinic has vowed to stay open even in the face of the new government guidelines.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/family-law-clinic-at-dads-house-kensington-and-chelsea
LOCATION:Kensington and Chelsea: Dads House\, 22 Lillie Road\, SW6 1TS\, Kensington and Chelsea Dads House\, 22 Lillie Road\, London\, SW6 1TS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Pro Bono and the Sustainable Development Goals – home and abroad - LawWorks & A4ID
DESCRIPTION:In 2015\, the United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development\, underpinned by 17 key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goals represent targeted areas for global improvement and broadly relate to areas such as health\, education\, equality and environmental sustainability – with ambitious goals to end poverty\, protect the planet\, and ensure prosperity for all by 2030. \nLaw firms and legal practitioners both in the UK and internationally undertake a substantial amount of pro bono work aimed at reducing poverty which can contribute to the realisation of these goals; whilst the SDGs are often seen as benchmarks for international development work\, many of the SDG’s – for example SDGs 10\, 11 and 16 – ‘reduced inequalities’\, ‘sustainable cities and communities’ and ‘justice and strong institutions’ – are equally relevant to domestic pro bono in the UK and the challenges we face in recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. \nThis panel session which will take place in Pro Bono Week will discuss the crossover and relevance of the SDG’s to pro bono work both in the UK and internationally\, including pro bono work supporting NGOs from small charities to wider global civil society alliances. Law firms as business entities also have important responsibilities to ensure that their own operations can further the SDGs\, particularly with respect to diversity and inclusion\, the environment\, supply-chain awareness\, and community engagement. From volunteering through legal advice clinics which serve vulnerable communities and support access to justice – to using legal skills to build capacity in civil society\, pro bono has an role to play both in the UK and globally to strengthen commitments to achieving these goals. \nChair\, Baroness Scotland QC\, Secretary General of the Commonwealth. \nPanellists \n\nTom Dunn\, Pro Bono Director\, Clifford Chance\nSung-Hyui Park\, Senior Associate\, Bates Wells\nNaina Patel\, Barrister Blackstone Chambers\nYasmin Batliwala\, Chief Executive\, Advocates for International Development (A4ID)\nJames Sandbach\, Director of Policy\, LawWorks\nTom Tugendhat MP\, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee\n\nThis is a joint event put together by LawWorks and A4ID. \nAll those with an interest in pro bono and the SDG\, or if you want to find out more about the SDGs and their application to pro bono\, are encouraged to attend. \n  \n 
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/pro-bono-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-home-and-abroad-lawworks-a4id
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SUMMARY:Access to Justice: Successes & Failures in the Remote Provision of Legal Advice (C-19 and Beyond….) - Collaborative Plan UKademy Committee
DESCRIPTION:The Collaborative Plan UKademy Committee cordially invites you to join an esteemed panel including: \n\nAlison Lamb: CEO RCJ Advice\, Royal Courts of Justice\,\nLucy Isaac: Tribunals Coordinator\, Z2K\nJulie Bishop: Director\, Law Centres Network\nEddie Coppinger: Director of the Legal Advice Centre (University House)\nPhil Worthington: Director\, European Lawyers in Lesvos\n\nFor a discussion on how the remote working era accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way in which we serve clients. Different settings will be looked at including: (i) welfare benefits tribunals; (ii) remote court hearings; (iii) legal advice centre support; and (iv) international legal assistance to asylum seekers. \nStories will be shared of the successes and failures of the last 6 months as well as the lessons learnt as we look forward to working through the rest of the pandemic and the remote-working era that we face beyond. \nThe event is open to all.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/access-to-justice-successes-failures-in-the-remote-provision-of-legal-advice-c-19-and-beyond-collaborative-plan-ukademy-committee
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of International Pro Bono - A4ID
DESCRIPTION:As part of National Pro Bono Week\, A4ID’s ROLE UK Programme invites you for an evening of celebration that will virtually showcase partnerships and pro bono work undertaken between the UK legal and developmental sector and their counterparts in developing countries. \nSpeakers will represent a range of organisations\, including: \n\nEvolve – Foundation For International Legal Assistance (EVOLVE-FILA)\nReprieve\nAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP\nEast Africa Law Society (EALS)\nAdvocates for International Development (A4ID).\n\nEach of the speakers will deliver a fast-paced and visual PechaKucha© -style presentation about the successes and lessons learned from their international legal and judicial pro bono partnership programmes of work. Through interactive questions and time for networking\, the audience will be encouraged to engage with interactive questions and share their ideas with diverse stakeholders on best practices for delivering international pro bono assistance through the pandemic and beyond. \nThe event ties in with the ROLE UK programme’s long-term aim to help strengthen the rule of law around the world by improving the responsiveness and impact of international pro bono. \nPlease contact roleuk@a4id.org for additional information.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/a-celebration-of-international-pro-bono
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Project LIGHT - University of Leicester Pro Bono
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the University of Leicester Pro Bono: A debate brought to you by Project LIGHT and the Insight Project. \n\nShould a right to housing be a part of the United Kingdom law?\nUniversal Basic Income – should it be introduced?\nLegal Aid – are the cuts in legal aid justified? Does legal aid provide sufficient protection to the community?\n\n \nFind out more about Project LIGHT here: https://www.uolprobono.co.uk/post/join-project-light
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/project-light-university-of-leicester-pro-bono
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SUMMARY:The Most Powerful You - Edinburgh Law School Pro Bono and Clinical Legal Education Department
DESCRIPTION:In association with ProBonoSkills.com\, internationally acclaimed executive\, careers coach and writer Kathy Caprino presents ‘The Most Powerful You: Finding “Brave” so that you can Rock Your Pro Bono Work and beyond’.  \nThe majority of lawyers and law students in Scotland are now womxn. By popular request\, this training will focus on helping female law students to “find brave” so that they can do more\, help more\, and achieve more for Scotland’s communities. \nThis event is only open to students\, at Edinburgh and beyond. You will need a .edu or .ac.uk  email to register.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/the-most-powerful-you-edinburgh-law-school-pro-bono-and-clinical-legal-education-department
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Pro Bono in Wales: Opportunities for all
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2020 and the efforts of all those in the private legal and third sectors offering free legal advice to our local communities\, this free online event will mark the achievements of the sector – and\, importantly\, highlight opportunities for lawyers to get involved in life-changing free legal advice during the pandemic.\nAs free legal advice clinics have started to reopen and offer support in new ways to communities in Wales – and with some new clinics opening – we thought Pro Bono Week 2020 was an excellent opportunity to showcase how lawyers can get involved – even if they only have the bare minimum of time to give to Pro Bono – and explain the benefits of getting involved\, at any stage of your legal career. More on Pro Bono Week 2020 can be found at the foot of this page. #WeDoProBono. \nThis FREE event is hosted by Legal News Wales\, LawWorks Cymru\, AltraLaw and The Law Society Wales and will be facilitated via Zoom. \nWhat to expect\nMy Pro Bono journey in Wales: We’ll hear from lawyers who have significant experience in Pro Bono work but with varied professional backgrounds and at different stages of their career. They’ll share how Pro Bono has enhanced and motivated them\, both professionally and personally\, and why all lawyers should consider this – at any stage of their career. \nHow legal advice clinics have fared during the pandemic and opportunities for all lawyers: A panel of Welsh legal advice clinics\, charities and LawWorks Cymru will also join us to outline the Pro Bono initiatives and opportunities available to help you on your – or your colleagues’ – Pro Bono journey. This is especially important as there are new and perhaps less known clinics working hard to support local communities in Wales\, and they need help. \nNot all the opportunities involved clinic support\, as LawWorks Cymru will explain. An unexpected outcome of the Coronavirus pandemic is the normalisation of remote support and guidance\, which offers time-poor lawyers a way to help\, and make a real difference while broadening their experience and skill sets. \nProgramme\n\nWelcome from Emma Waddingham\, Editor of Legal News Wales\nNathan Vidini\, Founder of AltraLaw introduces our Keynote Speaker: Acting Regional Employment Judge\, Sian Davies\nMy Pro Bono Journey in Wales: \n\nDaniela Mahapatra\, Deputy Director\, NWSSP Legal & Risk (profile)\nJonathan Rhys Williams\, Trainee Solicitor\, Watkins & Gunn (profile)\nNathan Vidini\, Founder\, AltraLaw (profile)\nNia Godsmark\, Peter Lynn & Partners (profile)\n\n\n\n\nLegal Advice Clinic Panel:\n\nAberystwyth Uni Veteran’s Clinic: Dr Olaoluwa Olusanya\, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Law and Criminology (clinic profile) (speaker profile)\nSwansea Law Clinic: Professor Richard Owen\, Legal Studies\, Swansea University (clinic profile) (speaker profile)\nCardiff Lawyers Care: Clive Thomas\, Cardiff & District Law Society and Managing Partner\, Watkins & Gunn (profile)\, and The Wallich\nELIPS (Employment Litigant in Person Support) (scheme profile)\nRhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice: Ashley Comley\, CEO (clinic profile)\n\n\n\n\nAlternative opportunities for Pro Bono in the pandemic: Martin Barnes\, Chief Executive\, LawWorks\, joined by his colleagues Fatima Bhula\, Pro Bono Connect\, and Matt Hunt\, Not-for-Profits Programme.\nQ&A\nEvent close (6:45pm)
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/pro-bono-in-wales-opportunities-for-all
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SUMMARY:Covid 19: Remote Access to Justice\, challenges and solutions - Westminster & Holborn Law Society Pro Bono and CSR Sub-Committee
DESCRIPTION:The Mary Ward Legal Centre and Support Through Court provide vital pro bono legal and support services to members of the community. Their work has become all the more critical during the pandemic as people attempt to access legal advice and the courts through remote means. The panellists will explore how they have adapted their services and the challenges they have faced. Further\, Ashley Palmer will provide an insight into her work with a specific focus on techniques and practical tips she uses to work with clients who are facing remote hearings and remote mediation. \nThe panellists are: \n\nJovana Ugrinic\, Service Manager of the London Family Courts at Support Through Court;\nGabriel Olufadeji & Patricia Ng\, both Legal Service Advisors from the Mary Ward Legal Centre; and\nAshley Palmer\, an accredited Family Mediator\, Family Consultant\, and Psychotherapist at A. Palmer & Associates. \n\nThe panel will be chaired by Shaila Pal\, Chair of the Committee and Director of King’s Legal Clinic of Dickson Poon School of Law\, King’s College London. \n  \n 
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/covid-19-remote-access-to-justice-challenges-and-solutions-westminster-holborn-law-society-pro-bono-and-csr-sub-committee
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:The use of technology in pro bono – advantages\, pitfalls and lessons learned
DESCRIPTION:A session presented by the IBA Pro Bono Committee. When considering using technology in the provision of pro bono services\, it is important to first understand and learn from others as to what has and has not worked. The session will discuss the importance of a design-based and user-based approach to understand and best identify how to design systems that meet the needs of users\, including topics such as crowdfunding\, the use of blockchain technology and the digitization of the free legal advice community. \nPanelists include: \nDavid Greene\, Vice-President\, Law Society of England and Wales \nJames Harper\, Lexis Nexis \nAna Higuera Garrido\, Fernando Pombo Foundation\, Madrid\, Spain \n  \nPLUS – Access to virtual post-session networking \nParticipants will also have access to a virtual Networking Hub at the end of this session for attendees to join and video chat with other participants. Delegates can join and move around the tables to interact with multiple people in one networking session. A link to access the Networking Hub will be provided at the end of the session. 
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/the-use-of-technology-in-pro-bono-advantages-pitfalls-and-lessons-learned
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Scotland Legal Roundtable - TrustLaw
DESCRIPTION:TrustLaw invites you to attend its virtual Legal Roundtable: Strengthening pro bono in Scotland. We will share our Championing Pro Bono Guide and facilitate a conversation about helpful practices as well as challenges and lessons learnt. We will also hear about current pro bono legal opportunities in Scotland as well as a pro bono case study. \nTrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s free global pro bono legal service. We connect the best lawyers in the world to non-profits and social enterprises working to create social and environmental change. We work with legal teams\, both law firms and in-house teams\, globally to help spread the practice of pro bono worldwide.  \nAs part of our work\, we help assess what pro bono legal teams are doing already (if any) and offer resources to make it easier to do more pro bono. Earlier this year\, we launched our Championing Pro Bono Guide\, which covers a range of ways lawyers can assess and strengthen their team’s pro bono work. It includes a checklist to assess your firm’s pro bono practice\, as well as resources on debunking common pro bono myths and tips to make the most of your pro bono experience.  \nDuring this virtual Legal Roundtable\, we will introduce our Guide and facilitate a conversation about ways to assess and strengthen your firm’s pro bono work. The virtual session will be an inclusive space to share helpful practices and lessons learnt together with lawyers from firms of all sizes and at different stages of their pro bono journey. It will be hosted under the Chatham House Rules. \nWe will also hear from TrustLaw\, Inspiring Scotland and the University of Edinburgh on current pro bono opportunities in Scotland\, as well as learnings from a pro bono matter in support of a Scottish non-profit.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/scotland-legal-roundtable-trustlaw
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:Legal Clinic 101: Housing Law with Jones Day - In House Pro Bono Group
DESCRIPTION:Our second session will be on housing issues (including Section 21 eviction notices) and will be presented by Liz Robertson and Greg Barden. You will be given a case study highlighting issues frequently seen in legal clinics\, information on legislation and court forms and practical responses on how to assist your client. \nThe session will take place on Tuesday 3 November from 12.30 to 1.30pm. \nLiz is the head of pro bono in Jones Day’s London Office who currently volunteers at legal clinics. Greg is a property litigation partner at Jones Day with extensive experience in housing disputes who has assisted pro bono volunteers on housing issues for many years. \nDial in details will be circulated before the session. \nWe very much hope you can make what promises to be an interesting and practical session. Please forward to in house colleagues who may be interested in volunteering at legal clinics in the future\, this is an open event. The training sessions are not just open to in-house lawyers – we very much welcome and encourage private practice lawyers interested in doing pro bono to attend.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/in-house-pro-bono-legal-clinic-101-housing-law-with-jones-day
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SUMMARY:'The Ethics of Pro Bono' seminar - LawWorks & University of Bristol
DESCRIPTION:“For the things we have to learn before we can do them\, we learn by doing them.” Aristotle\, Ethics \nThis half day seminar\, run jointly by LawWorks and University of Bristol Law School\, looks at the ethics of pro bono. This goes beyond the “codes of conduct” that bind the legal professions\, and will discuss the moral principles and motivations of working to improve access to justice through clinics and clinical legal education\, as well as the practical challenges of ethics for pro bono clinics. \nIt will be of value to all those (whether you’re a researcher\, clinic co-ordinator or practitioner) interested in ethical questions that may arise in a pro bono context – both in theory and practice.  \n9 am – Introduction/welcome \nProfessor Stephen Mayson – the ethics landscape in light of his report on the “Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation”.  \n9.15 – 10.15am – Panel session 1: Doing legal ethics \nEvery day pro bono clinics put ethics into practice – helping for free those needing legal advice\, responding to a growing need\, and serving the public good (“pro bono publico”). The introduction session will hear reflections on the ethics of pro bono\, and the positive story that clinics have to tell.    \nChair – John Peake (University of Bristol) \nPanellists:\nJames Sandbach (LawWorks)\nElaine Hall (Northumbria University)\nNathan Fitzpatrick (Law Centres Network)\nVictoria Channing (Simmons & Simmons) \nBreak \n10.30 – 12pm – Panel session 2: Clinical practice in an ethical context \nRunning pro bono clinics can be challenging\, there are issues of regulation\, university governance\, training\, support and sustainability to navigate – ethics matter\, clients matter\, and volunteers matter. The panel will discuss practical challenges within an ethics landscape\, and panellists will consider how ethics\, standards\, regulation and education intersect. Panellists will then move into smaller Q & A breakout rooms with attendees to discuss these issues in more detail\, raise challenges\, air frustrations and consider solutions. \nChair – Richard Pitkethly (LawWorks) \nPanellists:\nRichard Moorhead (University of Exeter)\nOmar Madhloom and Andrew Charlesworth (University of Bristol)\nJane Jarman (Nottingham Trent University)\nTim Cave (East Greenwich Legal Advice Clinic)\nValerie Robertson (The Law Society of England and Wales) \n11.50 am – 12pm – Wrap up\, next steps and close \nJohn Peake (University of Bristol)
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/lawworks-university-of-bristol-seminar-the-ethics-of-pro-bono
LOCATION:Online event
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SUMMARY:OFFICIAL LAUNCH Pro Bono Week 2020: panel debate; beyond the pandemic
DESCRIPTION:The official launch of the 19th Pro Bono Week\, recognising and supporting the voluntary contribution made by lawyers across the UK in giving free legal help to those in need. In this year of unprecedented challenges\, for both the voluntary and legal sectors\, pro bono legal help has never been more important. \nThe launch event will take place online\, and will host a panel of speakers from across England\, Wales\, Scotland and Northern Ireland\, each exploring the role of pro bono through the pandemic\, and discussing how we can build on the understanding gained this year. \nWe hope you can join us online for what promises to be an interesting evening. \n18:00 Joining & networking \n18:30 Welcome and panel session \nThe panel will be chaired by Catherine Baksi (award-winning legal journalist and barrister)\, with the following panellists: \n\nElizabeth Archer & Jasmine Ashley-Tagoe (representing England). Elizabeth is the Service Design Lead at Toynbee Hall\, and Jasmine is the manager of the Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) at Toynbee Hall. FLAC ran online clinics this year with the support of pro bono partners and also offers online triage to clients.\nMungo Bovey QC (representing Scotland). Mungo is a practising QC\, Keeper of the Library of the Faculty of Advocates and Convenor\, Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit.\nLord Stephens (representing Northern Ireland). Lord Stephens is a Northern Ireland judge who serves as a Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court.\nNathan Vidini (representing Wales). Nathan is the Founder and Director of AltraLaw: the UK’s first not-for-profit law firm\, which launched in March this year and asks all employees to meet an annual pro bono target.\n\n19:30 Networking \n20:00 End
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/pro-bono-week-launch-event
LOCATION:Online event\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Amicus Guest Speaker event - University of Leicester Pro Bono
DESCRIPTION:Open to University of Leicester students only
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/amicus-guest-speaker-event-university-of-leicester-pro-bono
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260424T020232
CREATED:20201027T184541Z
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SUMMARY:Pro Bono Panel - University of Liverpool Legal Society
DESCRIPTION:Pro Bono Panel Talk with Olivia Clark (Pro Bono Associate at DLA Piper) and Simranjeet Kaur Mann (Future Trainee Solicitor). \nInvitation-only for University of Liverpool students.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/pro-bono-panel-university-of-liverpool-legal-society
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T180000
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SUMMARY:The Role of Pro Bono in Family Justice - FLBA & Advocate
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Pro Bono Week\, the Family Law Bar Association and Advocate are delighted to invite you to our first ever joint event on Monday 2nd November at 5-6pm: \n \n“Justice is Open to All\, ‘Like the Ritz Hotel’ – The Role of Pro Bono in Family Justice. \n \nPlease join us to hear:\n  \n\nFLBA Chair Cyrus Larizadeh QC talk about his pro bono case that ended up in the Supreme Court.\nDoughty Street Barrister Zimran Samuel on his experience of running a pro bono scheme to help victims of domestic violence during the lockdown.\nAdvocate COO and Head of Casework Shyam Popat on a new family scheme designed give last minute help to vulnerable litigants in person.\n\n\nWe also want to hear about your experiences so join us for a lively Q&A to round up the session. If you would like to sign up\, please check your FLBA invitation or contact lnaylor@weareadvocate.org.uk.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/the-role-of-pro-bono-in-family-justice-flba-advocate
LOCATION:Online event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T170000
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CREATED:20201102T114536Z
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SUMMARY:John Kamara - Miscarriages of Justice & University of Leicester Pro Bono
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear John Kamara talk about his experience being a victim of a miscarriage of justice. \nJohn 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.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/john-kamara-miscarriages-of-justice-university-of-leicester-pro-bono
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T150000
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CREATED:20201102T115002Z
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SUMMARY:Amicus debate: University of Leicester vs University of Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Join us to watch the two Amicus student groups debate the motion: \nThe parties to a criminal trial should have the freedom to vet potential jurors and conduct post-trial analysis
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/amicus-debate-university-of-leicester-vs-university-of-manchester
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T140000
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CREATED:20201027T175639Z
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SUMMARY:How to work with solicitors - Small Charities Coalition and LawWorks
DESCRIPTION: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 \nSuitable for trustees\, staff and volunteers of small charities.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/how-to-work-with-solicitors-small-charities-coalition-and-lawworks
LOCATION:Online event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T133000
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CREATED:20201009T144200Z
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SUMMARY:Legal Clinic 101: Practical Tips When Advising at Legal Clinics - In House Pro Bono Group
DESCRIPTION: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“. \nThe session will be presented by Tim Boyce and Charlotte Rendle from Simmons and Simmons and Joshua Smith\, Legal Counsel at Schroders. \n\nTim is Head of Simmons’ Contentious Regulatory\, Crime and Competition team and regularly volunteers at Bristol Law Centre Disputes Clinic.\nCharlotte is a Supervising Associate in Simmons’ Financial Services Regulatory team and is a regular adviser at Battersea Legal Advice Clinic (run by South West London Law Centre) which covers housing\, employment\, disputes and commercial queries.\nJoshua Smith is Legal Counsel at Schroders in the Investments team. He has previously volunteered at various legal advice clinics including Battersea\, City University\, Islington and Bethnal Green.\n\nThe session will take place on Monday 2 November at 12.30pm. \nDial-in details will be circulated before the session. \nWe very much hope you can make what promises to be an interesting and practical session. Please forward to in house colleagues who may be interested in volunteering at legal clinics in the future\, this is an open event. The training sessions are not just open to in-house lawyers – we very much welcome and encourage private practice lawyers interested in doing pro bono to attend.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/in-house-pro-bono-legal-clinic-101-practical-tips-when-advising-at-legal-clinics
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T121500
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SUMMARY:Helping at an advice centre – a GLD lawyer’s perspective
DESCRIPTION:Government Legal Department members only. \nThis 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 lawyers that they can help\, without needing to have expertise in such issues.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/helping-at-an-advice-centre-a-gld-lawyers-perspective
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T140000
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SUMMARY:Family Mediation Clinic at University of Wolverhampton Legal Advice Centre
DESCRIPTION: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 involved and how it works.   \nShropshire Mediation Services will attend the Legal Advice Centre on Monday 2nd November from 12pm – 2pm\, and student volunteers from the University’s Law School will shadow the mediator during the appointments.    \nTo book an appointment\, please contact the Legal Advice Centre Manager\, Beverley Rizzotto\, via email on beverley.rizzotto@wlv.ac.uk to book an appointment.
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/family-mediation-clinic-at-university-of-wolverhampton-legal-advice-centre
LOCATION:University of Wolverhampton Legal Advice Centre\, Unit 5 Victoria St\, Mander Centre\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 3QD
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CREATED:20201014T114112Z
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SUMMARY:Launch of Trainee Hackathon - Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee
DESCRIPTION: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 can Birmingham’s trainee solicitor community do to support legal advice charities in these challenging times\, as well as more generally?   \nIf you are up to the challenge\, we will release a brief a week before the event so that you can form a team and take part in the pro bono week hackathon. Don’t worry if you don’t have a team\, we can place you with one. \nDuring this session\, participants will have the opportunity to find out more about the problem facing legal advice charities and ask the panel questions. \nPanel: \nNatasha Alton\, Charities and Corporate Responsibility Officer\, Birmingham Trainee Solicitors Society \nRachel Sutcliffe\, Trainee Solicitor\, Anthony Collins \nAmy Tabari\, Corporate Responsibility Manager\, Gowling WLG \nMichael Bates\, Head of Services for Birmingham\, Central England Law Centre
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/launch-of-trainee-hackathon-birmingham-law-society-pro-bono-committee
LOCATION:Online event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201102T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201102T103000
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SUMMARY:A year of pro bono in Brum - Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee
DESCRIPTION: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 what else you could get involved in. \nHost: Mark Taylor\, Chair of the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Committee and Partner\, Eversheds Sutherland \nSpeakers: \nElena Goodfellow\, Associate\, Bevan Brittan – Birmingham Legal Advice Clinic \nLucy Burrows\, Supervising Solicitor & Pro Bono Manager\, BPP – Enterprise Clinic \nAnnie Cooper\, National Coordinator\, Kids in Need of Defence UK \nSibon Phiri\, Founder & Managing Director\, United Legal Access \nNicky Bancroft\, Service Manager\, Support Through Court
URL:https://probonoweek.org.uk/event/a-year-of-pro-bono-in-brum-birmingham-law-society-pro-bono-committee
LOCATION:Online event
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