August 26th 2016
Law Centres training tomorrow's social welfare leaders
Three Law Centres have been announced as host organisations for a lucrative solicitor training programme focused on social welfare law. The Justice First Fellowships, offered by the Legal Ed...
June 30th 2016
Five things that the latest legal aid stats tell us
This morning the Ministry of Justice published its quarterly legal aid statistics. Today’s release is particularly important: it is a picture of the first full three years after the civil leg...
June 24th 2016
The EU referendum: Law Centres' response
Following the result of yesterday's referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union, we would like to make the following statement. Law Centres exist to help people in disadvan...
June 6th 2016
Act urgently to protect children at risk of exploitation, says Law Centre (NI)
Law Centre (NI)'s Anti-Trafficking Young People Project was pleased to contribute to BBC NI’s Spotlight programme which highlighted that eight separated children went missing in Northern Irel...
March 31st 2016
Legal aid statistics and the cuts that keep on cutting
This morning saw the release of the quarterly legal aid statistics for October-December 2015. The picture they present is a worrying one to Law Centres, and some issues stand out. Just as eviction...