LALYs 2026

This Year’s Categories

Legal Aid Newcomer

Sponsored by Friends of LALYs

Public Law

Sponsored by One Pump Court

Legal Aid Support Staffer/Support Team

Sponsored by Accesspoint

Criminal defence

Sponsored by DG Legal

Legal Aid Firm / Not for Profit Agency

Supported by The Law Society

Legal Aid Barrister

Sponsored by The Bar Council

Outstanding Achievement

Sponsored by Matrix Chambers

Family Legal Aid incl. Children’s Rights

Sponsored by Resolution

Social Welfare Law

Sponsored by Doughty Street Chambers

Housing Law

Sponsored by Garden Court Chambers

LALYs 2026 Flyer

Some guidance on how to submit nominations

2025 LALY Winners

All nominations must be made online at www.lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/laly-nomination. Supporting documents must be paginated and uploaded.

Entries should consist of the completed online nomination form; plus no more than 10 numbered pages of supporting documents

Documents uploaded in support of a nomination must be in one of the following file formats: gif | png | jpg | jpeg | pdf | doc | docx | ppt | pptx | odt, not exceeding 10mb

Individuals must not nominate themselves in any category. Organisations may make a nomination on their own behalf for the Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-profit Agency and Regional Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-profit Agency categories.

Thank you to our other generous Supporters and Sponsors