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19 05, 2023

LAPG announces shortlist for 2023 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards

2023-05-24T21:04:56+01:00May 19th, 2023|

This year's LALY finalists include: the young barrister who founded Black Protest Legal Support; young law centre solicitor who won additional financial support to protect asylum seekers from destitution; lawyers who have brought multiple successful challenges over the British government's refusal to relocate Afghan nationals at risk from the Taliban. Legal Aid Practitioners Group [...]

21 02, 2021

LAPG’s 2021 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are now open.

2021-02-24T17:28:53+00:00February 21st, 2021|

Nominations close on 19 April; new award category for this year: Disability Rights. Winners of the 12 awards will be announced on 6 July at a virtual ceremony to be broadcast online. The 2021 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards have been launched by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, with awards in 12 [...]

25 03, 2020

Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards – what is the impact of COVID-19?

2020-03-26T22:57:15+00:00March 25th, 2020|

We've released a statement setting out our contingency plans for LALY20 in the face of the current COVID-19 crisis. We think the LALYs will be more important this year than ever before.  Legal aid firms and organisations are doing some incredible work under the most trying of circumstances and they deserve to be recognised [...]