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How technology can enhance access to justice (Panel Talk) – The University of Southampton’s Global Legal Clinic and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Pro Bono Committee

The University of Southampton’s Global Legal Clinic and the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Pro Bono Committee are delighted to host a panel discussion exploring the diverse ways technology currently facilitates access to justice as well as examining opportunities and challenges regarding the use of AI tools.

This timely event will be of interest to legal practitioners and organisations who are engaged in pro bono and access to justice initiatives and wish to gain a deeper understanding of the way in which technology can enhance their service.

Speakers: 

Dr Masood Ahmed – Associate Professor of Law at the University of Leicester (TBC)

Dr Jennifer Harris – Head of Policy, Research and Strategy at TDS

Dr Francine Ryan – Senior Lecturer in Law & Director of the Open Justice Centre

Dr Napoleon Xanthoulis – Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton and Co-Director of the Research Centre for Law and Technology

 

If you would like any further information about this event, please contact legalclinic@soton.ac.uk

A Tale of Two Universities: The Power of Partnerships – Dundee Students Join Forces for Pro Bono”

This panel event brings together staff, students and alumni from the two Dundee Universities – Abertay (Tayper Law Project) and Dundee ( Pro Bono Society and Dundee Law Clinic) – to discuss the benefits of Pro Bono on our local community. We are excited to invite anyone who would like to attend and hear from our Panel of leaders in this exciting area!

 

The event will be held at 5 pm, Wednesday 6th November, in the Dalhousie Building on the Dundee University Campus, Room LT2. Please follow the link below to sign up for tickets!

This is an in person event by registration only.

To register for this event, please click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck8GXB8Qx02FVebIV5Ji08JfzL9Zl92yZCZfgdLyXNPYGl6g/viewform 

Increasing Pro Bono Reach: Remote advice and bridging barriers to justice (Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance, Covington & Burling and the Legal Advice Centre (University House)

Join Slaughter and May, Clifford Chance and Covington & Burling for a session with one of the oldest free legal advice agencies in London, the Legal Advice Centre (University House) focussing on the potentials for increasing the reach of remote specialist legal advice services.

 

Our panel of speakers, including practitioners at the Legal Advice Centre, will give insight into how they provide their specialist legal advice across a diverse range of areas to support individuals who would otherwise have limited resources. We will learn about how the Centre’s successful remote model enables them to increase their reach and provide expert legal advice to individuals in need and this may be applicable to you, whether you are an advice provider, a funder or a pro bono volunteer.

 

Please join us in-person or virtually to find out more and ask any questions you may have. For those attending in-person there will be a chance to network over breakfast starting at 09:00.

Location: Slaughter and May, 1 Bunhill, EC1Y 8YY

 

To register for this event, please RSVP here

Pro Bono Week Workshop 2- LawtechUK (Legal Geek)

LawtechUK’s Access to Legal Workshop, an invitation-only set of activities addressing the gap between organisations working to enable access to legal, technology businesses, and other key market players.

When: Tuesday 5 November 2024, from 10am to 1pm (with lunch until 2pm)
LawtechUK is a Ministry of Justice-backed initiative dedicated to driving digital transformation in the legal sector, delivered by CodeBase and Legal Geek. This is a series of three workshops.

Workshop 1 brings together A2J practitioners to outline their problems. Workshop 2, taking place on this day, will bring together tech companies, law firm innovation leads, and corporate representatives to see how we can address these problems. Our goal is to build connections between the two workshops and create actionable solutions.

This will be hosted by the team at LawtechUK and Christina Blacklaws. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

This is invitation-only, and spaces are limited. If you are interested in attending, please contact Legal Geek.