Tag: Pro bono

A&O and Travers Smith launch LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund

City duo to support organisations in countries where same-sex relations and trans identities are criminalised

Jun 24 2022 10:54am

Ex-City comms chief launches pro bono project for non-lawyers

Non-profit Fifth Day is encouraging business professionals from across the legal sector to donate their time and skills

Jun 13 2022 9:08am
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Top City firms help establish Black British civil rights group

The Black Equity Organisation aims to ‘address issues of structural racism’ through six key mandates

May 25 2022 11:38am
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BPP, King’s, Southbank and Westminster among law schools recognised for pro bono work

Efforts to advance access to justice praised at annual LawWorks ceremony

May 24 2022 9:08am
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Hogan Lovells launches pro bono clinic to support public with rising living costs

City lawyers offer guidance on benefits and support funds as energy prices soar

Apr 8 2022 12:06pm
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Elite law firms unite to help victims of domestic abuse secure protective injunctions

'DARA' is staffed by pro bono lawyers from Travers Smith, Debevoise, Gibson Dunn, HogLovs, Latham, Reed Smith and Slaughters

Feb 15 2022 9:14am
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Legal aid: Are City lawyers best placed to plug the gap?

Shadow Justice Sec David Lammy's suggestion BigLaw should up pro bono efforts prompts split on Twitter

Sep 29 2021 11:38am

King’s, Cardiff and Nottingham law schools bag awards for pro bono efforts

Endeavours to promote access to justice recognised at annual LawWorks ceremony

May 13 2021 12:30pm

City Law School launches student-staffed environmental law clinic

Latest pro bono offering sees aspiring lawyers work on green policy and legal problems

Feb 15 2021 9:22am

A brief history of legal aid

Oxford University law graduate Jordan Briggs considers how we got to a point where the civil legal aid system is ‘running on an empty tank’

Jan 19 2021 10:34am
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Law schools report rise in pro bono work as public turn to student-staffed clinics for legal advice

Most popular areas include employment, family and housing

Dec 17 2020 9:14am

How I combine corporate and charity law

Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Rebecca Perlman shares her story

Nov 25 2020 11:47am

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

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