Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

ATLEU is recruiting a Public Lawyer for a 12-month post, based in either their London or Sheffield office.This is a maternity cover role for 12 months, working 21 hours a week. You will have at least two years PQE and be an authorised litigator. This role will let you take on a small caseload of interesting public law casework, working with survivors of trafficking. You will be working alongside two paralegals, one public law and immigration solicitor who is their Head of Unit and Strategic Litigation Lead, and a housing solicitor with a focus on migrant support public law cases.

ATLEU is the only UK charity that provides specialist, holistic legal advice to survivors of trafficking and slavery.

Simpson Millar are looking for a Grade A/B Solicitor to join their Public Law and Human Rights team in London. They are looking for someone with strong experience in human rights and public law work, including Civil Claims against public authorities and Inquest work, who is passionate about representing vulnerable clients and contributing to a collaborative, ambitious team environment.

The role offers the opportunity to work on complex and meaningful cases alongside a highly experienced team, with genuine scope for development and progression.If you are interested, or would like a confidential discussion and further information, please get in touch with Shalini Patel

Liberty is looking for a creative and strategic lawyer to join its legal team as a legal team manager. Strategic litigation is core to Liberty’s work. Their lawyers work closely with the rest of the organisation using casework and legal advice to help Liberty reach its strategic goals. You will be responsible for running a small caseload of strategic litigation, conducting interventions and providing specialist human rights advice. A large part of the role is identifying and then scoping potential cases, working closely with other organisations to develop the litigation in a collaborative and creative way.

Liberty was founded in 1934 in response to brutal police attempts to stop protests during the Hunger Marches. And for more than 90 years, Liberty and its supporters have been a force for fairness, dignity and respect in our society. They’ve stood up to fascism and racism, censorship and state surveillance. Their legal challenges have shaped laws and their campaigns have changed lives.

Shelter Cymru is looking for a Team Leader (Western Bay). The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that high quality, responsive and effective housing advice services are delivered across the Western Bay region, which includes Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend. Housing advice services are delivered by phone, through outreach-based advice surgeries, and at county courts when housing possession cases are listed, offering specialist legal advice and support. Housing Advice Services are funded through the Welsh Government, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and local authority contracts.

Shelter Cymru helps thousands of people each year across Wales who are affected by the housing emergency by offering free, confidential and independent advice. When necessary they constructively challenge on behalf of people to ensure they are properly assisted and to improve practice and learning.

Shelter is recruiting a Housing Solicitor or Paralegal. Based with their partnering organisations, you will ensure you deliver high quality legal services through casework, the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Scheme and ensuring Legal Aid contract requirements and performance targets are met.

Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything. Their enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, they must be representative of the people they are here to help and those who support their movement. In all their people decisions, they take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. They are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. They welcome you on their journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

CPAG is recruiting someone who is strategically minded and passionate about using the law to advocate for the rights of, and directly improve the lives of, families in poverty. As Head of Strategic Litigation, you will oversee and carry out CPAG’s work using legal cases for positive impact, to benefit families and children in poverty. You will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of CPAG’s legal work, in addition to managing CPAG’s legal practice and playing an active role in conducting high-profile litigation on a day-to-day basis.

CPAG work to understand what causes poverty, the impact it has on children’s lives, and how it can be prevented and solved – for good.

Central England Law Centre is recruiting an experienced caseworker or solicitor to join the team, supporting their clients across Coventry in the delivery of casework through the Law Centre’s Legal Aid contract.

Central England Law Centre (CELC) provides a vital service to clients across Coventry and Birmingham, providing support for all aspects of family law through a team of dedicated solicitors, caseworkers, paralegals and support workers.

Central England Law Centre is recruiting an experienced caseworker or solicitor to join the team, supporting their clients across Birmingham in the delivery of casework through the Law Centre’s Legal Aid contract.

Central England Law Centre (CELC) provides a vital service to clients across Coventry and Birmingham, providing support for all aspects of housing law through a team of dedicated solicitors, caseworkers, paralegals and support workers.

Coram is recruiting an IRM Legal Advisor to provide written legal advice to caseworkers, panel members and the Contract Manager about individual applications and well as ad hoc advice on occasions. Legal Advisers provide on average 2 pieces of advice weekly and are paid at an hourly rate claimed each month. Legal Advisers also need to be available by phone for advice, should it be required, for the IRM panel meetings which are held on various days each week of the month according to the demands of the service.

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.