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Text Box: 24/03/2009

CLARS (Community Legal Advice and Representation Service) was shortlisted for the Attorney-General’s Award for the Best New Pro Bono activity. Unfortunately CLARS lost out to an exciting new project developed by the University of Birmingham, designed to enhance the provision of free legal advice to small businesses. Nevertheless, the team enjoyed a very pleasant tea on the terrace at the House of Lords in the company of Baroness Scotland QC and Lord Hope, amongst others.

Text Box: (Clockwise from top left) Stephen Migdal (UWE BVC Director), Leanne Buckley (UWE CLARS Director), Nick Pointon (Director of the University of Bristol Law Clinic) and four CLARS Firm Managers. Attorney-General’s Pro Bono Awards, House of Lords, 31st March 2009.

Lexis Nexis, who sponsored the event, took the opportunity to announce the launch of a brand new free service. All LawWorks member clinics will receive free access to its Professional Legal Services systems, a full year before the programme is rolled out to paying firms!

 

Text Box: 24/03/2009

Text Box: ‘Mattifer’ win Allen & Overy prize! Two members of the Law Clinic, Jennifer Nowecki and Matthew Brace, have been competing in the Allen & Overy ‘Game On’ competition and won ‘Module 3: Giving Something Back’, for their pro bono work with the Law Clinic. Allen & Overy have very kindly donated £500 to the Law Clinic. The pair are now through to the grand final to be held 16th April 2009 - best of luck to them both! Click here for more details.

Text Box: 13/03/2009

The new Law Clinic Executive Committee has been appointed:

Student Director: Jennifer Buckby

Vice Director: Jennifer Nowecki

Firm 1 Manager: Emily Egerton

Firm 2 Manager: Ben-Jacob Diewitz

Firm 3 Manager: Naomi Coe

Firm 4 Manager: Nicholas Charalambu

Social Secretary; Matthew Brace

Recruitment: Kartikeya Agarwal; Mark Cusack

Publicity: Victoria Heasman; Nia Gowman

Training: Rob Thomas; Bethan Evans

General Secretary: Kara Godsen

 

Text Box: 06/03/2009

Applications to join the Law Clinic Executive Committee are now closed. Applicants will be interviewed over the coming fortnight and successful applicants will be notified by Monday 16th March 2009.

 

Text Box: 01/03/2009

The Community Legal Advice and Representation Service (CLARS) has been shortlisted for the Attorney-General’s award for the best new pro bono activity in the UK (click here for more details). The winner of the award will be announced at a reception at the House of Lords on the 31st March 2009.

 

Text Box: 23/02/2009  

Applications to join the Executive Committee 2009/10 are now being accepted. All members of the Law Clinic are eligible to apply and are invited to email bristol-lawclinic@bris.ac.uk indicating the position(s) applied for. All positions save Director and Vice-Director are vacant as from Easter 2009.

 

Text Box: 01/02/2009

The Community Legal Advice and Representation Service (CLARS) is now fully up and running, with many joint cases being handled jointly by the Law Clinic and the UWE team. Two such cases have already reached extremely good outcomes before the Bristol County Court and all participants are optimistic for the future of the collaboration.

Please click here to find out more about CLARS and how it could assist you.

 

Text Box: 15/11/2008

 

Text Box: The Burges Salmon LLP Cup 2008 was awarded to Neil Crowley (pictured right), a third year law student at the University of Bristol. The Cup is awarded each year for outstanding contribution to the work of the Law Clinic. Neil stood out to the Committee, having last year advised a client who was forced to return to Germany after her employer went into administration leaving her without several weeks worth of wages and consequently unable to pay her rent. Neil has since taken on several other cases with the same confidence and enthusiasm and has consistently proven to be one of the best Student Advisers in the Clinic.

 

 

Text Box: 01/11/2008

After an extremely successful recruitment drive the Law Clinic has taken on over 70 new Student Advisers this year. All new members will undergo basic training on the 15th November 2008 and will become eligible to take on casework. The Law Clinic will be accepting new cases from the 17th November 2008.

 

Text Box: 01/10/2008

The Law Clinic has recently formed a new collaboration with the University of the West of England, Bristol Citizen’s Advice Bureau and the Western Circuit of the Bar. The aim of the arrangement is to better facilitate access to free representation for clients facing the prospect of court or tribunal hearings. Student Advisors from the Law Clinic will work together with postgraduate students of the BVC or LPC courses offered at UWE to provide a more complete service. Where necessary, the cross-institutional team will also brief and work with local barristers on a pro bono basis.

All parties are especially keen to open up this facility as soon as possible and will be formally launching the scheme at the Bristol Royal Marriott, College Green on the evening of 13th November 2008. The event is anticipated to attract members of the local Bar and judiciary as well as several appellate judges and esteemed members of the Universities involved.

Members of the Law Clinic keen to become involved should express such interest to their Firm Manager at the earliest opportunity.

Members of the public who feel the service may be of benefit to them should contact the Law Clinic either by email, post or telephone.

 

Text Box: 01/05/2008

New Executive Committee appointed:

Student Director - Nicholas Pointon

Vice-Director - Holly Gaw

Firm 1 Manager - Rowan Turner

Firm 2 Manager - Sasha Wilmott

Firm 3 Manager - Matt O'Grady

Firm 4 Manager - Stephanie Kay

Training Officer - Jennifer Buckby

Publicity Officer - Nils Solheim

Publicity Officer - Michael Preston

Social Secretary - Jennifer Nowecki

Recruitment Manager - Sahar Farooqi

General Secretary - Emily Page

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Email: bristol-lawclinic@bristol.ac.uk

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