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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’. The majority of lawyers and law students in Scotland are now womxn. By popular request, this training will focus on helping female law students […]
Hosted by the University of Leicester Pro Bono: A debate brought to you by Project LIGHT and the Insight Project. Should a right to housing be a part of the United Kingdom law? Universal Basic Income - should it be introduced? Legal Aid - are the cuts in legal aid justified? Does legal aid provide […]
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. Speakers will represent a range of organisations, including: Evolve - Foundation For International Legal Assistance […]
The Collaborative Plan UKademy Committee cordially invites you to join an esteemed panel including: Alison Lamb: CEO RCJ Advice, Royal Courts of Justice, Lucy Isaac: Tribunals Coordinator, Z2K Julie Bishop: Director, Law Centres Network Eddie Coppinger: Director of the Legal Advice Centre (University House) Phil Worthington: Director, European Lawyers in Lesvos For a discussion on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. Students from various educational providers in Birmingham will provide case studies on their pro bono experiences along with recruitment managers at […]
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. […]