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When Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Penny Madden QC met with government officials late last year to discuss then Iran captive Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, she detected an unfamiliar sense of optimism. “It felt like there was some scope for optimism but that it was very measured. And because there were so many false starts in the past, […]
The first time I visited the refugee camp on Samos island, I had a sense of what to expect, but never imagined how much it would impact me. Like many, my experience of life in a refugee camp was limited to the portrayal offered in news stories. However, speaking to these individuals face-to-face, hearing their […]
Four lawyers have teamed up to form a charity to tackle racial injustice in the UK, with Clifford Chance providing financial support to the initiative. The magic circle firm is providing advice to One Case At A Time (OCAAT), set up by 5 St Andrews Hill’s Alexandra Wilson, Freeths trainee solicitor Isaac Eloi, Akin Gump Strauss […]
A group of barristers across the country and a number of City firms have signed up to assist individuals arrested at Black Lives Matter protests, which emerged this week following the death of George Floyd. In the midst of a pandemic, the US has found itself at the epicentre of a race row after […]
Existing legislation was not sufficiently preventing attacks, writes Linklaters’ Stephanie Creese.
The Pro Bono Initative of the Year is always one of the most hotly-contested accolades at The Lawyer Awards, sponsored by Travelers, and once again judges had to grapple with an extremely high-quality shortlist. Dentons’ work alongside client NatWest with the National Centre for Domestic Violence won plaudits from the judges, who commended “a great […]
Julia Salasky, CEO of CrowdJustice, the online crowdfunding platform for legal action, spoke at the Law Society’s Future of Law lecture. In this adapted version she shares her experience using innovative technologies to connect lawyers and clients with funds to take legal action
While firms are beginning to embrace the opportunities that tech can provide, the advice sector remains underfunded when it comes to digitisation.
City firms contribute an immense amount of work pro bono every year, which goes some way to plugging the justice gap. But should they be expected to?
As austerity cuts and reforms continue to take chunks out of legal funding, ever-advancing technology provides the opportunity to plug the shortfalls
The Free Representation Unit (FRU) has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support disabled people as they progress through social security appeals tribunals, particularly Personal Independence Payment appeals. Following austerity cuts, many of their clients no longer have access to Legal Aid. The FRU is aiming to raise £10,000 in the next month. It has […]
KIM technology will speed up triage and referral to pro bono lawyers by enabling efficient collection of client information
Gibson Dunn associate Ryan Whelan is working pro bono for Gina Martin, attempting to get upskirting made a criminal offence.
In a large international law firm you have to make yourself stand out from the crowd. Pro bono is a great way of doing just that, writes Hogan Lovells trainee Benjamin Thomas
The Law of Society of England and Wales is setting up a pro bono legal panel for victims of the London Bridge attack. The panel is similar to the one created by the Manchester Law Society, launched after the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. The Manchester Law Society said it had received nearly 300 […]
Ashurst, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), DWF and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the firms to have applied to give pro bono advice after the Manchester bombing.