Public Legal Education
#GeneralElection2019 - Human Rights: what do the parties say? Excellent infographic by Rights Info
Published 27/11/2019 by Claire Gilbert
THE GENERAL ELECTION & HUMAN RIGHTS Rights Info is looking at each of the party manifestos and has picked out the key policies relating to human rights. There are huge issues in this election around access to justice and protections of rights. This useful summary brings together the pledges in one place. Rights Info will be updating their page as new manifestos are released.
Legal Reporting Awards - competition now open! (Bar Council annual award)
Published 20/11/2019 by Claire Gilbert
Calling all Journalists - The Bar Council's 28th Legal Reporting Awards competition has opened. The competition is open to print/online and broadcast journalists in recognition of the media's role in promoting a greater understanding of the law to the public. The winning entries in each category will be awarded £1,000 in prize money. Entries close 2 December 2019 23:59pm.
Lesson for funders – public support for Human Rights must be cultivated
Published 20/11/2019 by Claire Gilbert
The Thomas Paine Initiative has called on funders to help capture the public’s hearts and minds, and counteract the threat to democracy from populist leaders. “Public opinion cannot be left to chance”, and communications strategy must be nurtured“at every stage” of the grant making process.
Social Change Conversation Toolkit by SRANE and Just Fair
Published 16/10/2019
JustFair and SRANE (Social Rights Alliance North East) have produced a toolkit for bringing people together to discuss social change. With a tagline "Talk.Act.Change." the toolkit offers an agenda and methodology for holding meetings on social issues and working towards change.
Developing a Public Legal Education Programme - The Law Society
Published 04/09/2019
This guide is aimed at partners, corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals and anyone involved with pro bono and CSR work in law firms. It will help you understand how and why public legal education (PLE) should be built into your firm’s CSR strategy or community engagement programme. It also provides details of organisations that can help.
Human Rights and Advocacy
Published 31/08/2018
This entry examines a promising approach to promoting advocacy in the human rights sector.
Poster: Using human rights as a practitioner
Published 31/08/2018
A poster has been made available by the British Institute of Human Rights to help practitioners identify human rights issues in any practice area.
Workbook: Mental Health, Mental Capacity: Raising a Human Rights Issue
Published 31/08/2018
The British Institute for Human Rights has made a workbook available for those with mental health or mental capacity issues and their advocates.
Top tips to ensure that consumers with autism get the support they need and deserve
Published 10/08/2018
Dean Anthony Da Conceicao has released some straightforward tips on how to deliver the best and most effective services for people with autism.
Advocacy Toolkit: A Guide to Influencing Decisions that Improve Children’s Lives
Published 10/08/2018
UNICEF have released a new advocacy toolkit for LIPs and others dealing with children's legal issues.
Advice agency opportunity - how can you benefit from legal design
Published 28/06/2018
In essence, Legal Design reformats the presentation of legal advice, information services and resources in a way which makes it easily accessible and understandable. Legal design puts the users of the system at the heart of its considerations and develops services and products based solely on their needs, understanding and likely user journey.
Courts work in partnership to create resources for litigants in person
Published 20/06/2018
The Provincial Court of British Columbia, in partnership with Clicklaw, have created (regularly updated) mobile-friendly guides to online legal information resources for self-represented litigants, and others who require assistance when starting out on the path to problem resolution for Provincial Court matters.
New website launched to help cyclists pursue personal injury claims without lawyers
Published 07/06/2018
The new web tool uses an algorithm to work out if there is a good case, prepares a letter to send to the defendant and calculates what it believes the case is worth. Alongside, it provides case evaluation, letter and valuation tools.
International Journal of Public Legal Education
Published 21/11/2017
(Author: Richard Grimes, Editorial Board member, International Journal of Public Legal Education) Access to justice is not just about being able to find and afford a lawyer. Being aware of rights (and responsibilities) is an important component of the A2J debate. Legal literacy is vitally important both in terms of recognising problems and knowing what to do and where to go.
RightsInfo: Human rights made (even more) beautiful.
Published 20/07/2017
(Author: Natalia Rymaszewska, Interim Chief Executive, RightsInfo). Human Rights are vital to protect us against injustice. They make our society fairer and more equal. But the human rights system remains fragile. Understanding of and support for human rights in the UK is low with a 2012 public attitudes survey by YouGov/EDF showing that just 22% people in Britain are pro-human rights - the majority are ambivalent.
Public Legal Education guidance published by The Law Society
Published 25/04/2017
The Law Society helps people understand their rights and how the legal system works. Solicitors and education professionals require high quality resources that are accurate, relevant and engaging. In February 2016, the Law Society issued its guidance on public legal education for solicitors’ firms of all sizes, from high street practices to big city firms. It outlined the range of ways in which firms can provide PLE, from leaflets to local campaigns or workshops in schools, in prisons, and in youth or community groups. The guidance also makes the business case for providing public legal education and suggests firms approach the provision of this pro bono service strategically, consulting their community so that they are confident that they are meeting local needs.
PLE tools and resources
Published 10/03/2017
PLE resources available for use.
Law for Life
Published 10/03/2017
Law for Life has worked with many organisations to provide training for intermediaries, informal advisers, or problem-noticers as to how to help the people they come into contact with deal with common legal problems.
Make Our Rights Reality
Published 15/02/2017
Make Our Rights Reality (MORR) is a national project from Youth Access which teaches young people about their rights and gives them a voice to challenge injustice.
