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Justice charity teams up with Big Four accountancy firm to launch virtual pro bono advice platform

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Aug 5 2020 12:37pm
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How the UK’s first teaching law firm will prepare students for the SQE

Nottingham Law School’s Executive Dean Jenny Chapman on the role of clinical legal training in a super-exam world

May 19 2020 1:45pm
BPP, Hertfordshire and Plymouth law schools recognised for pro bono efforts

Trio scoop LawWorks gongs

May 15 2020 10:19am
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KCL partners with national law firm to launch student-staffed legal advice centre

Latest pro bono initiative to cover range of family law issues

Oct 21 2019 9:13am
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Ropes & Gray raises over £50,000 for cancer charity following death of London partner’s daughter

Kaiya suffered from a rare form of leukaemia

Oct 18 2019 11:21am
Salford Uni law students to tackle unfair dismissal and divorce disputes with launch of free advice clinic

Follows similar moves made by Bolton and Bristol

Oct 3 2019 10:21am
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Bristol Uni law students to help bereaved families under new inquest service

Pro bono clinic hopes to ‘plug the gap’ left by legal aid

Aug 9 2019 8:55am
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KCL, Queen Mary, Swansea and Liverpool Uni law students triumph at annual pro bono awards

Attorney General among star-studded ceremony line-up

May 3 2019 11:08am
Freshfields’ pro bono team helps secure victory in Supreme Court asylum torture case

Sri Lankan appellant wins case against Home Office

Mar 7 2019 8:49am
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My most memorable pro bono case

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers share their stories

Dec 5 2018 1:50pm
Cardiff, Swansea and BPP law students scoop awards at annual pro bono event

Access to justice takes centre stage

Dec 5 2018 11:25am
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We spoke to Herbert Smith Freehills pro bono associate Andrew Barton about the growing importance of free legal work

Ahead of tomorrow’s ‘How lawyers can make a difference through pro bono and CSR — with Herbert Smith Freehills’ event, Andrew Barton talks about his career to date and why it’s important for lawyers to give back

Nov 6 2018 4:26pm

Pro bono week: Solicitor general appears to sign death warrant for controversial City law firm levy

MP says government not persuaded by Michael Gove-era idea of 1% turnover tax on mega-firms

Oct 24 2018 8:55am
Domestic violence clinic and refugee reunion project among winners at annual student pro bono awards

Attorney General dished out the gongs

Apr 27 2018 1:31pm
Sexting, knife crime and social media — pro bono takes many forms

Legal Cheek catches up with GDL student and nominee Niki Mehta ahead of tomorrow’s pro bono awards ceremony

Apr 24 2018 12:32pm
Student pro bono: New projects on autism, family courts and miscarriages of justice up for awards

Birmingham University storms shortlists with nominations in most categories

Apr 9 2018 10:59am
The junior bar is shrinking amid legal aid cuts, and pro bono isn’t the answer

Free advice ‘will never be enough’, ex-judge says as National Pro Bono Week begins

Nov 6 2017 11:31am
Law Society will launch panel of lawyers to help London Bridge terror victims

News follows outpouring of pro bono support in Manchester

Jun 6 2017 2:42pm

Freshfields, Clifford Chance, BLP, Ashurst and DWF lawyers among 300 to offer support following Manchester bombing pro bono appeal

Twenty-two people were killed and dozens injured after suicide bomber targeted Ariana Grande gig

May 31 2017 4:09pm
Nottingham Trent’s student-staffed ‘teaching law firm’ launches commercial advice arm

Legal centre was handed an ABS licence by the SRA in 2015

May 25 2017 9:16am
Sussex University law grad with a ‘passion for pro bono’ becomes BPP’s first ever trainee solicitor

News revealed in same week as annual student pro bono awards

Apr 28 2017 11:04am