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Developments in the News
Published 04/09/2019
Follow the developments in the news addressing access to justice issues.
EVENT: Fighting for Your Rights Hackathon
Published 16/01/2020
The Law Society is calling on people passionate about access to justice to come together with technologists at a one day event to help identify and build solutions to the justice problems experience by the sector and our users. The hackathon is a free event that will take place on 25 February from 9:45am - 5:00pm at the Law Society on Chancery Lane.
Service: Legal Letter Builder for Redundancy by Lex
Published 15/01/2020
Lex have created this great free legal letter builders service for those who have been made unfairly redundant. Through a series of YES/NO questions the service helps LIPs create their own legal letter to then send on to their employer.
Event: ‘Reimagining Administrative Justice: Human rights in small places’ book launch
Published 14/01/2020
Liverpool Law School, University of Liverpool invite you to a discussion to mark the publication of 'Reimagining Administrative Justice: Human rights in small places' written by Nick O’Brien, Honorary Research Fellow in the Law School, and Margaret Doyle (University of Essex).
Event: LegalTech Proposal Sandbox
Published 13/01/2020
Swansea University and Simmons Wavelength are collaborating to offer a free, two-day interactive sandbox to generate outline proposals for LegalTech. The event will be held from the 25th - 26th of January in the Computational Foundry on the Bay Campus of Swansea University.
Podcast: Lady Hale on Radio 4’s Today Programme
Published 09/01/2020
Listen to Supreme Court President, Baroness Hale discuss the need to improve access to justice following cuts to legal aid in interview with the Law Society President Simon Davis.
Understanding the support needs of Litigants in Person through Human Centred Design
Published 09/01/2020 by Professor Gráinne McKeever and Dr Lucy Royal-Dawson
Network members, Law and Social Justice Professor Gráinne McKeever and Dr Lucy Royal-Dawson from Ulster University, share some news about their project 'Understanding the support needs of Litigants in Person through Human Centred Design'.
Event: Justice Week 2020
Published 07/01/2020
Justice Week 2020, which will be held from Monday 24th to Friday 28th of February, aims to improve access to justice through a week of awareness, centreing public conversation on the importance of the rule of the law.
Collaboration: The UK Administrative Justice Institute are calling for contributions to their new blog series
Published 07/01/2020
Calling all academics; The UK Administrative Justice Institute (UKAJI) are calling for contributions to their new 'Emotions in Administrative Justice' series. Looking to explore and extend the growing research in this area, UKAJI have stated the purpose of this series is to link together administrative justice and the area of socio-legal scholarship known as 'law and emotion'.
‘View from the Gravy Train’ new blog from the Young Legal Aid lawyers
Published 06/01/2020
Young Legal Aid Lawyers have published their new blog 'View from the Gravy Train' to dispel the idea that all lawyers, specifically legal aid lawyers, live immensely affluent lifestyles. They want to show the reality of tuition fee debt and low paid work, but they need your help - submit your experiences of working in legal aid today!
Transform Justice’s 12 point plan to mend our criminal justice system
Published 06/01/2020
Transform Justice have published a 12 point plan of recommendations and suggestions to mend the UK's criminal justice system and help reduce crime.
Event: HMCTS Reform Online
Published 06/01/2020
HMCTS are holding an online event, on Thursday 23rd January 1-2pm, to provide more information and understanding about HMCTS's work in the area of family public law and adoption. The webinar will include demonstrations of a new digital process for local authorities to make applications for care and supervision orders online as well as the opportunity for individuals to provide feedback. Register today.
Event: Pro Bono Roundtable at DLA Piper Manchester
Published 06/01/2020
DLA Piper are hosting an informal Pro Bono get-together in Manchester on Wednesday 15th January 2020. A great opportunity to connect with pro bono professionals from across the sector, over lunch. RSVP today!
Spotlight On: McKenzie Friends, how has their role changed in the post-LASPO climate? + New Research
Published 20/12/2019
Recent calls for McKenzie friends to be prohibited from charging fees have been echoed by the Bar Council, the Law Society and the Commons Justice Committee. Tied with recent research findings on the quality of McKenzie Friend advice we take a deeper look at how McKenzie friends operate and what this could mean for their future in the sector?
Ministry of Justice Statistics on Race and the criminal justice system 2018
Published 18/12/2019
The Ministry of Justice have published their Statistics on Race and the criminal justice system for 2018. The report compiles statistics obtained from data sources across the Criminal Justice System and aims to ‘provide a combined perspective on the typical experiences of different ethnic groups’. The report found that in general minority ethnic groups appear to be over-represented at many stages throughout the CJS compared with the White ethnic group.
New Report: Clinks State of the Sector 2019
Published 18/12/2019 by
The State of the Sector Report is an annual report by Clinks, which aims to examine how voluntary organisations working with people in contact with the criminal justice system are faring across England and Wales. This 2019 edition of this report, marks the 7th year that Clinks have conducted this research, produced in Nov 2019 by Lauren Nickolls, Russell Webster, and Nicola Drinkwater and published on Clinks website.
Opportunity to take part in a consultation on The Legal Services Board Business Plan
Published 18/12/2019
The Legal Services Board have launched their 2020/21 draft business plan for consultation. Closing on the February 14th 2020, the Legal Services Board welcome any comments or observations you may have - We believe this will be of particular interest to Public Legal Education Organisations.
Training Opportunity for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and local disadvantaged people to learn to code!
Published 18/12/2019
Code Your Future, is a vocational coding school for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and local disadvantaged people. 70% of graduates get professional jobs in tech or move into full-time studies. With 20+ scholarships available, applications are now open - apply today!
Quarterly Family Court Statistics
Published 17/12/2019
The Quarterly Family Court Statistics have been released by the Ministry of Justice, detailing the quarterly volume of cases dealt with by family courts from July to September 2019
Event: Centre for Justice Innovation - Strengthening Youth Diversion
Published 16/12/2019
Youth diversion gives young people the chance to avoid court and a criminal record by completing community-based programming. At this event, the Centre for Justice Innovation (CJI) will be launching their new briefing paper on how national government can strengthen youth diversion. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] by 6th of January 2020. Please let us know if you have any access or dietary requirements.
