Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

Shelter is recruiting a Housing Solicitor in their mission to drive systemic change and fight for Justice. Based in with one of their partner organisations in Rochdale, you will ensure you deliver high-quality legal services through casework and ensuring Legal Aid contract requirements and performance targets are met. You will be able to identify test case opportunities to address systemic bad practice and so achieve change for a greater number of people and will work closely with the Managing Solicitor and the Hub.

Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. They need ambitious, passionate people to join them. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change they are striving to achieve. Their enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency.

Shelter is recruiting a Housing solicitor in their mission to drive systemic change and fight for Justice. Based in with their partner organisation, Housing for Young People in Doncaster, you will ensure you deliver high quality legal services through casework and ensuring Legal Aid contract requirements and performance targets are met. You will be able to identify test case opportunities to address systemic bad practice and so achieve change for a greater number of people and will work closely with the Managing Solicitor and the Hub.

Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. They need ambitious, passionate people to join them. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change they are striving to achieve. Their enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency.

Shelter is recruiting an enthusiastic individual with legal experience to join Shelter as a Paralegal/ Legal Adviser and help them deliver an effective service for people experiencing housing issues in London. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency.

Shelter’s legal team is based around England and is made up of over 100 people, delivering housing advice and litigation services for their clients. Working closely with other teams in Shelter Services, they take referrals from them including certified litigation work, controlled work and Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes.

North West London Law Centres are recruiting a Housing solicitor. The key tasks will be: to provide specialist casework and representation in housing law; to ensure compliance with Legal Aid Agency contract and funding requirements; to be familiar with SRA requirements; to attend the housing duty rota; and to provide outreach advice.

North West London Law Centres is a charity incorporating the Brent and Camden Community Law Centres. Its mission is to make a positive impact to people’s lives – particularly the most vulnerable and socially excluded.

Shelter is recruiting a Housing solicitor. Carrying an active caseload, you will use your legal skills to challenge and fight cases that defend housing rights, challenge discriminatory practices and create systemic change. You will work closely with colleagues in the hub to ensure people in our communities are aware of their rights, how to enforce them and represent people who need specialist legal advice

Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. They need ambitious, passionate people to join them. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change they are striving to achieve. Their enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency..

Coram CLC is recruiting a part-time Homelessness and Housing Law advisor or solicitor to provide specialist housing law advice, preliminary casework and onward referrals to young people under the age of 25 experiencing housing related issues. This will include delivering regular outreach advice sessions in partnership with community organisations. The post holder will work with the Head of Community Care Law on project design, co-ordination, delivery and reporting. Supported by the Head of Community Care Law, they will be proactive in developing community partnerships and managing relationships with partner organisations.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Release is recruiting a Supervising Solicitor — with genuine flexibility for part‑time or full‑time working — to help shape and expand our legal services at the intersection of social justice, housing/public/community care law, and harm reduction. This role is particularly well‑suited to candidates seeking reduced hours, portfolio careers, or a position that allows for balance alongside caring responsibilities, studies, or other commitments. The successful candidate will join a values‑driven organisation delivering high‑quality casework, innovative community‑based legal services, and strategic litigation aimed at systemic change.

Release was founded in 1967 as the world’s first 24-hour legal helpline for people arrested for drug-related offences. What began as a grassroots response to injustice has grown into the UK’s leading independent drugs charity, dedicated to advancing social justice and harm reduction. For nearly six decades, they have provided free, expert legal advice and representation to thousands of people, while campaigning for evidence-based drug policy and systemic reform.

Wilson Solicitors is looking to recruit for the next generation of lawyers committed to a career in family law. They seek candidates that have a proven keen interest in family law. One of the vacancies is for a caseworker with a passion for public law care proceedings to include a willingness to train to become a court advocate. You will assist their family solicitors with the preparation of their cases and have considerable client contact.

Wilson Solicitors LLP is a highly respected Legal 500 and Chambers recognised law firm with a strong reputation for its family work. They represent both publicly funded clients (through legal aid) and private clients.

Wilson Solicitors are looking for a dynamic solicitor with at least 3 years post-qualification experience to join their highly regarded and expanding Public Law & Human Rights department. They are looking for lawyers to join them in working for their clients in their legal proceedings against central and local government. In return they offer a home within a community of dedicated professionals and a supportive environment in which to thrive in your career. Career development is particularly important to them. There will be the opportunity to become an Associate Solicitor at 4 years PQE.

Wilson Solicitors are one of the UK’s leading legal aid firms ranked in Chambers and the Legal 500 for our civil liberties, human rights, and public law work. They believe in justice for all.