Laura Bee

Clinic on tour! Honorary clinic member @EmilyWertans and I have been presenting at #ENCLE in Liverpool on inclusive learning and teaching in university law clinics.

The Legal Advice Clinic is hiring! Fixed term role starting 1 September for 2022 or 2023 law grads. The job includes client work and clinic admin. There are opportunities to focus on areas of law that you are interested in. ⁦⁦⁦@LawLeicester⁩ jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/7755…

@arwenalamonde @VickiBall94 @C_E_Mills1 @alt_law Congrats! What an awesome looking resource.

We wrote a book!! 📖 Working with @VickiBall94 and @C_E_Mills1 on this project (since... 2018?) has been a dream. 🌈 I've learned so much and am SO grateful for the support of @alt_law the entire way. 🥰

These are shocking figures of over 40% of children in Leicester living in poverty. Everyone from all parties need to work together to really improve this unfolding disaster! leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester…

The climate impact of the foods we eat. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

Put her in charge of all things, she’s amazing.

That percentage applied to the 2019 General Election would have meant 384,000 people being turned away. And that figure wouldn't include people who didn't even go the polling station in the first place because they knew they didn't have the right ID. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

The feedback we receive from clients is clear: the work makes a real difference and changes people’s lives for the better.

Tea in the House of Commons celebrating our shortlisting for Best Contribution by a Law School in the Attorney General LawWorks Student Pro Bono Awards. Congratulations to all the @LawLeicester students who have contributed to our impactful community work @UoLProBono

This understated Times column is the most sinister thing I have read about civil rights in this country for a very long time.READ IT PLEASE

UK folks, super important. Photo ID will be required to vote for the next election, but University IDs won't work, risking the silencing of young voices. Students can now get a suitable photo ID for FREE from @nusuk 👇Please RT nus.org.uk/photo-id

We’re over the moon that @LawLeicester has been shortlisted for Best Contribution by a Law School in the @Law_Works Student Pro Bono Awards! 🙃 @UoLProBono

I get a few messages from lovely people asking for basic info to counter hostile anti migrant narrative. So I’ve pulled this together to try and cover the typical points - hopefully it helps with those awkward dinner discussions or difficult family members.

Following the report in the Guardian this week about the Home Office decision not to award funding for Windrush help to our Legal Advice Clinic, head of Law School @ProfKyd and I have issued a statement. Reported further by @CivilSocietyUK: civilsociety.co.uk/news/home-offi…

The funding would have allowed us to spend more time in local communities, to raise awareness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme where some people would not even have known that they were eligible to apply.

This article reports that the Legal Advice Clinic was due to receive £10,000 in funding from the Home Office but this was blocked because a partner organisation had reportedly retweeted mainstream news articles which criticised the government.

“Civil servants approved applications from 15 organisations to receive about £10,000 of funding each..their decision was blocked by the home secretary’s private office because..two of the groups had retweeted posts expressing criticism of the Home Office.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

Pupillage Interview Advice Thread #1 - Preparation The first interview invites are out, so it seems like a good time for me to put together some general pointers based on my experience of sitting on pupillage committees. First up, preparation. (1/11)

A thread about LASPO and the @MoJGovUK Review of Civil Legal Aid, which has now been formally launched. Excuse the length - I may be just a little bit fed up... gov.uk/guidance/civil….

"I have to convict you... You should feel guilty for nothing." A truly extraordinary summation from Judge Wilkinson in this Just Stop Oil case juststopoil.org/2023/02/16/you…