Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

Southwark Law Centre is looking for a public law solicitor to undertake complex public law casework and help supervise and develop public law work across the Law Centre. The successful applicant will manage their own caseload, including judicial review proceedings, and act as a Legal Aid Agency supervisor for their Public Law contract. They will provide casework supervision and technical support to colleagues, help identify potential public law challenges across their practice areas, and contribute to the quality and development of their public law work.

Southwark Law Centre provides specialist legal advice and representation to individuals and communities across a range of social welfare law. Their public law work includes complex judicial review and other public law challenges, including cases arising from immigration and asylum matters and across the Law Centre’s wider areas of practice.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is looking for a motivated, enthusiastic, multi-skilled administrator to assist their busy teams in London. The Office Administrator will provide a range of essential office-based administrative support for the Legal Practice Unit and Policy & Practice Change Team, the majority of whom are currently working in a hybrid pattern. The priorities will be general administrative support: processing incoming and outgoing post, opening and closing files for clients; assistance with preparing court bundles; assistance with CCLC’s reception telephone line; communicating with internal and external departments; and assisting with any other legal or administrative tasks which may arise in order to fully support the team may also be required.

CCLC is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights championing access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation. Their Legal Practice Unit provides advice and representation in child and family law, education law, community care law and asylum and immigration law as well as outreach advice and second tier advice in the areas of asylum and immigration law. Their Policy & Practice Team delivers policy and research work.

Burke Niazi Solicitors is looking for a newly qualified or junior solicitor to join them. The role will involve a mixed family law caseload, with a primary focus on public law care proceedings. Candidates who have a mixed practice are welcome to apply as opportunity to undertake other areas of work alongside.

Burke Niazi Solicitors is a highly regarded multi-service law firm. They are a Legal Aid practice based in North London, have around 35 employees and are a Legal 500-recognised firm.

PILC is looking for two new Trustees to join their Board and help shape the future of PILC. As a Trustee, you will play a vital role in ensuring PILC remains true to its charitable purpose while supporting its long-term sustainability and impact. They are committed to building a Board that is as inclusive as possible and representative of the communities they work alongside. They welcome applications from people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Lived experience relevant to their work is particularly valued.

While they encourage applications from anyone who shares their values and can contribute strategically, they are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with expertise in:

• Law (particularly within the non-profit or charity sector)
• Human Resources
• Finance

The Public Interest Law Centre is a team of experienced lawyers committed to fighting for social change. They challenge unlawful state practice and systemic injustice through legal representation, strategic litigation, research and legal education.

Wilson Solicitors is recruiting individuals committed to building a career in immigration and asylum law. For the role, you will need to have (a) passed the LPC or be studying for it part-time, or (b) passed SQE1. Accreditation under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS) at any level is desirable but not necessary. However, they especially welcome applications from those already accredited as Senior Caseworkers under the IAAS. To be offered a 2-year training contract, you will need to successfully complete a probationary period (normally 6 months) as a Caseworker with them before being eligible to start a Training Contract.

Wilson Solicitors are one of the UK’s leading legal aid firms ranked in Chambers and the Legal 500 for their immigration work. They believe in justice for all.

Coram is recruiting a Policy Officer. This role will contribute to delivering Coram Children’s Legal Centre’s agreed programme of policy work, which focuses on immigration policy, education policy and children’s rights. The post-holder will play an important part in creating policy impact to promote the rights of children in the areas of immigration and education policy. Working with the Head of Policy and Practice Change, the Policy Managers and teams across Coram, the key objective of the role is to deliver policy work that has impact for children and centres the views and experiences of children and young people. The post-holder will work with CCLC’s lawyers, young people, sector colleagues, Government officials, Parliamentarians, the media and wider stakeholders to achieve change for children towards CCLC’s aim of promoting children’s rights in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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.

Gold Jennings is looking for a trainee solicitor or paralegal to join their Public Law team. The successful candidate will complete at least 1 year of work supporting their solicitors in the Public Law team with the potential for rotation to other departments within the firm thereafter depending on needs of the firm. The work is varied and includes communicating regularly with clients; legal research, assisting with case preparation, preparing legal aid funding applications; attending client meetings, conferences and court hearings; preparing witness evidence; drafting documents such as instructions to counsel and correspondence; and providing billing assistance.

Gold Jennings are an award-winning specialist civil liberties firm undertaking work across three departments: Claims Against Public Authorities (CAPA), Public Law and Education and Children’s Rights. They undertake a broad range of private and public law litigation for claimants. They are recommended in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directories.

Gold Jennings is looking for a trainee solicitor or paralegal to join their Education and Children’s Rights team. The successful candidate will complete at least 1 year of work supporting their solicitors in the Education and Children’s Rights team with the potential for rotation to other departments within the firm thereafter depending on needs of the firm. The work is varied and includes communicating regularly with clients; legal research, assisting with case preparation, preparing legal aid funding applications; attending client meetings, conferences and court hearings; preparing witness evidence; drafting documents such as instructions to counsel and correspondence; and providing billing assistance.

Gold Jennings are an award-winning specialist civil liberties firm undertaking work across three departments: Claims Against Public Authorities (CAPA), Public Law and Education and Children’s Rights. They undertake a broad range of private and public law litigation for claimants. They are recommended in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directories.

Gold Jennings is looking for a trainee solicitor or paralegal to join their CAPA team. The successful candidate will complete at least 1 year of work supporting their solicitors in the CAPA team, with the potential for rotation to other departments within the firm thereafter depending on the needs of the firm. The work is varied and includes communicating regularly with clients; legal research, assisting with case preparation, preparing legal aid funding applications; attending client meetings, conferences and court hearings; preparing witness evidence; drafting documents such as instructions to counsel and correspondence; and providing billing assistance.

Gold Jennings are an award-winning specialist civil liberties firm undertaking work across three departments: Claims Against Public Authorities (CAPA), Public Law and Education and Children’s Rights. They undertake a broad range of private and public law litigation for claimants. They are recommended in both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 directory.