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Lawyers call for judges to learn emojis
Published 26/02/2019
In the Times, Legal editor Jonathan Ames questions whether the typical High Court Judge truly understands the different connotations, even sexual or drug dealing connotations that could be communicated through emojis. As a result, lawyers are urging for the judiciary to be taught about this to aid their understanding of the evidence adduced in criminal, family and employment law hearings. Read on, but note, you must subscribe if you haven't done so already.
HMCTS reform event: civil money claims and civil enforcement projects
Published 26/02/2019
HMCTS is hosting a reform event on civil money claims and civil enforcement projects aimed to showcase the civil area of the reform programme and will include demonstrations and a Q&A; session. More specifically, they have identified that civil reform is needed in two area: the civil money claims project which will show some of the functions available to claimants and defendants and explain how users are at the heart of its design, and the civil enforcement project, which will show how it has worked with many of its users to design a service that is simpler, easier to understand and offers a more seamless service for everyone using it. If you are interested, save the date: Monday, 11 March 2019 from in Manchester.
FSI Subsidised Training Sessions for Small Charities
Published 19/02/2019
The Foundation for Social Improvement partnered with Localgiving, Charities Finance Group and Small Charities Coalition, has an extensive charity training programme. It is at their core to support small charities and the training cover topics including fundraising, impact measurement, governance and project management. It is heavily subsidised and there are upcoming session in London around fundraising and social media. Book your place today!
VACANCIES: Two Solicitors and a Project Leader needed at Harrow Law Centre
Published 19/02/2019
Harrow Law Centre is looking for a solicitor/caseworker - education, a solicitor/caseworker - housing and a project leader - victims of Crime. Read on for more info and for an informal chat about any of the roles, please telephone Pamela Fitzpatrick on 0208 863 4355. For the application pack email: [email protected]
VACANCY: Housing solicitor at Ealing Law Centre
Published 19/02/2019
Ealing Law Centre is looking for a Housing Solicitor. They are located in Northfields and you would be required to work 35 hours per week. Salary: according to experience | Deadline 4pm Monday 4th March | For your application pack, please email: [email protected]
The Public Law Project is offering free phones to those that could benefit
Published 19/02/2019
The Public Law Project have kindly offered 14 Panasonic KX-DT333 phones if anyone can benefit from them. The phones are in working order, and currently retail at £90 on Panasonic’s website. PLP are happy for them to go to a good home. If you're interested, you would just need collect them from Kings Cross. Please contact Elaine at 0207 239 9037 or [email protected] for more info.
LawWorks Cymru Training: Introduction to Child Arrangement Orders
Published 19/02/2019
LawWorks Cymru is hosting a training session designed to introduce you Child Arrangement Orders (CAOs). This course will cover: Parental responsibility; What is a CAO and what types of CAOs the court can make; What a court will consider when making a CAO; Who can make an application for a CAO; Making the application; The role of CAFCASS; Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment (FHDRA). If you are interested, save the date: April 3rd at 2pm at Eversheds Sutherland Cardiff.
LawWorks Cymru Training: Advising on Relationship Breakdown
Published 19/02/2019
LawWorks Cymru has announced that they will be having a training session on Advising on Relationship Breakdowns. This course is designed as an introduction to advising on relationship breakdown and will cover:Relationship status and the law (living together, civil partnership, marriage); Property considerations and rights to occupy; Other considerations (bank accounts, children, wills, debts, maintenance); Mediation; Divorce; Financial agreements. Save the date: March 6th at 2pm Eversheds Sutherland, Cardiff.
LawWorks Leicester Hub
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
The LawWorks Clinics Network supports clinics by providing ‘troubleshooting’ advice, training, online information and resources and networking opportunities. To assist clinics to build connections, LawWorks hosts local 'hub' meetings.
LawWorks response to the Law Commission’s consultation on Employment Law Hearing Structures
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
LawWorks have responded to an important and wide ranging consultation undertaken by the Law Commission (Law Commission consultation on Employment Law Hearing Structures) on the jurisdiction, role and structure of the Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
Law for Good roundtable review
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
An update from a recent event on how technology could potentially support access to justice.
Women’s Housing Forum - new statistics from the frontline
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
Homelessness does not discriminate and can affect any one of us. Recent data collected suggests that an increasing number of women are among those that are affected by homelessness and rough sleeping.
HMCTS – Family Public Law and Adoption Reform Project
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
This project intends to improve the efficacy of the overall court process in relation to family public law and adoption and support the court in its role to decide on the best outcomes for the children involved in public law cases and public & private adoption cases.
ASA Conference - Research in the Advice Sector
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
The Advice Services Alliance (ASA) held a conference on the 30th of November 2018, at UCL, Faculty of Laws supported by the Legal Education Foundation, to discuss the issues with research in the advice sector that aims to demonstrate the outcomes of advice services.
Ministry of Justice Legal Support Action Plan – LAPSO
Published 18/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have published a Legal Support Action Plan - following the government’s post-implementation review of LAPSO. This sets out the steps it plans to take to improve access to legal support services.
Launch of a Digital Resource Hub to improve charity performance
Published 12/02/2019
The free to access Charity Excellence Framework, which is aimed primarily at charity trustees and managers, has created a resource hub that is available to anyone in the charity and social enterprise sector has launched a resource hub and aimed at improving charity performance.
Report Launch Event: Triple Whammy – the impact of local government cuts on Women
Published 12/02/2019
Join the Women’s Budget Group as they launch their new report on the impact of cuts to local government funding on women. They have recorded that these cuts represent a triple whammy for women: local government is responsible for many of the services on which women disproportionately depend; when services are cut many women have to increase their unpaid work to fill the gaps and women are disproportionately likely to work in local authorities and schools, so hit harder when jobs are cut. Hear from speakers such as Heather Wakefield (report author and former head of Local Government at UNISON), Mary-Ann Stephenson (UK Women's Budget Group), Diana Holland (Unite), lGA speakers and more. Date: Thursday 7 March 2019; Time: 6.00 – 7.30 pm; Location: Disqus Suite, Unite the Union, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN. Register to attend.
Call for participation: Georgetown University Law Center on Computing, Data Science and Access to Justice Research Workshop
Published 12/02/2019
The Georgetown University Law Center on Computing, Data Science and Access to Justice will be hosting a research workshop at their Center. At the workshop, they will explore ways to advance participants' scholarship and work toward defining an interdisciplinary research agenda that applies computing methodologies in the area of civil justice. They are inviting the participation of scholars from across disciplines that apply methodologies from these fields to the study of poverty, inequality, labor, housing, race, the family, health care, and criminal justice to join us in developing a new research agenda for the study of civil justice in the United States. If you are selected to attend the workshop, the National Science Foundation will cover your reasonable travel costs and accommodations in Washington. The workshop will be held on June 2-4, 2019 but your application to participate has to be in by March 1, 2019.
LawWorks “Honorary Counsel” Service for Small Charities
Published 11/02/2019 by Wahida Ahmed
LawWorks’ Not-for-Profits Programme provides advice to small not-for-profit organisations, including law centres and clinics. The programme’s casework service finds specialist volunteer lawyers to advise on one-off discrete legal issues. The programme’s honorary counsel scheme matches organisations with a volunteer lawyer (the “honorary counsel”) on a long-term basis. The honorary counsel carries out a basic review of the organisation’s documents for gaps and issues; is the first point of contact for ad hoc queries; and identifies when further legal advice is needed.
Task Force on Justice: Report on Innovation and Justice
Published 08/02/2019
The Task Force on Justice was established in 2018 with the view to meet the UN's '2030 Agenda targets for peaceful, just and inclusive societies' (SDG16+). Its Innovation Working Group has recently come up with a Report highlighting the potential role of innovation in bridging, or at least narrowing down, the 'justice gap'. Changes to the justice sector, the report suggests, will be brought about only if people other than legal practitioners and lawyers are allowed to make their part. The cliquey exclusivity of lawyers in running the justice sector has indeed contributed to establishing an 'inward looking sector that does not innovate'.
