Social mobility in particular is such an important issue as young people trying to qualify face enormous hurdles including student debt, unpaid or low income work experience placements, and fewer legal
aid firms offering training contracts.»
Not exact matches
LiNX, made by ReSound (pictured), and Halo hearing
aids made by Starkey — both international
firms — use the iPhone as a platform to
offer users new features and added control over their hearing
aids.
AWAD is pleased to invite its Members to a guided visit to Art Analysis and Research, a leading research
firm offering technical investigation of artworks by combining scientific analysis, technical imaging as well as art history to
aid with attribution, authentication and forgery detection.
With clients nationwide, ranging from sole practitioners to large city practices, and separate departments for privately and publically funded matters, Sterling Costs is one of the relatively few
firms to
offer a full service in relation to Legal
Aid costs (including submission to the Legal
Aid Agency via CCMS).
DLA Piper was the standout
firm in the CSR / diversity initiative of the year category for its Access to Justice project, which seeks to tackle the huge cuts to legal
aid in the UK by
offering pro bono legal support and advice to marginalised and disadvantaged individuals in communities around the country.
When she is
offered a much sought after prestigious job, she turns it down in favour of a paralegal job at a small legal
aid firm with half its stencilled letters peeled off, in a poor area.
By
offering full use of the service at no cost to struggling legal
aid firms, community law centres and legal
aid campaign groups, Matrix Chambers is doing something unique to:
In the fall out from that abandonment decision the LAA
offered successful
firms, like MK Law, the opportunity to join additional duty provider schemes where they had opened an Office, and employed staff to perform criminal legal
aid from that office.
These services will
offer a benefit to corporate counsel looking to find an attorney and also
aid law
firms in evaluating the usefulness of Martindale - Hubbell to their marketing efforts.
High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law
firms could
offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal
aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.
Mental Health First
Aid England will be providing a day long course to 80 volunteers from within the
firm, in June, who will then be able to
offer front line support to colleagues.
«It
offers invaluable experience and opportunities» for younger associates, writes the respondent, despite costing the
firm money on «virtually every legal
aid certificate case» it takes because «we provide identical service» to clients whether retained on a normal retainer or through legal
aid.
Undoubtedly this will bring a revolution to the whole legal sector — but does it
offer potential for legal
aid firms to adapt to the challenges ahead?
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