City firms pitch in on MoJ law centre scheme

Firms including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Herbert Smith and Lovells combined to provide £80,000 in funding to strengthen the infrastructure at the centre and identify new ways of funding.

Other firms to ­contribute were Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clyde & Co, Holman Fenwick & Willan Simmons & Simmons and Weil Gotshal & Manges.

The MoJ contributed £235,000 to the pilot project.