Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is looking for an Advice Team Leader. As Advice Team Leader you will play a key role in ensuring their advice services are delivered to high quality standards with a strong focus on their Gateway Service but will also work across other teams as required. You will lead, motivate and support staff to deliver quality services, helping the team to achieve agreed targets and objectives. You will support and provide cover for Team Leaders of other subject areas, and will also work in their City Centre Hub supporting advice through face to face, telephone and digital channels.

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is working for a fairer society where people are free from the effects of poverty and injustice. Through their free and independent advice services they help over 30,000 people a year to improve their financial circumstances, challenge discrimination and unfair treatment, and lead healthier, happier lives.

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is looking for a Housing caseworker. As a Housing Caseworker, you will work closely with the Housing Solicitor and Money Advice Team in particular, advising clients on a range of housing issues, including homelessness, possession and eviction, disrepair, and renters’ rights. An understanding of eligibility and scope for legal aid would be an advantage. This role is also open to applicants interested in a trainee position. This would suit an experienced generalist adviser or caseworker looking to specialise in housing. 

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is working for a fairer society where people are free from the effects of poverty and injustice. Through their free and independent advice services they help over 30,000 people a year to improve their financial circumstances, challenge discrimination and unfair treatment, and lead healthier, happier lives.

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is looking for a Welfare Rights caseworker. As a Welfare Rights Caseworker you will play a key role in ensuring their clients receive good quality benefits advice, via a range of communication channels including face to face, telephone and digital. You will have experience of providing a full range of welfare rights advice, for a wide range of clients, working with other teams across the service in assisting them to achieve the best outcome for their circumstances.

Leeds Citizens Advice & Law Centre is working for a fairer society where people are free from the effects of poverty and injustice. Through their free and independent advice services they help over 30,000 people a year to improve their financial circumstances, challenge discrimination and unfair treatment, and lead healthier, happier lives.

Asylum Aid is recruiting a solicitor and IAAS accredited senior caseworker, with experience of immigration legal aid work and of running judicial review challenges, particularly in the immigration and asylum context to join their exceptional legal team.

Asylum Aid deliver high quality legal representation to some of the most vulnerable people seeking asylum in the UK; Children, Survivors of trafficking, and stateless people.

Youth Legal is recruiting a committed and experienced Community Care Supervising Solicitor to join their growing team and play a key role in supporting vulnerable young people and families across London. This is an opportunity to combine high-quality legal practice with meaningful social impact. The role involves advising and representing young people aged 16-25 and families with children on complex community care matters, from one off support via their advice line to representation throughout a case. You will also help supervise and develop junior staff and volunteers, contribute to service development, and support the growth of an ambitious and values-driven organisation.

Youth Legal is a community resource based in London providing services specifically for young people between 16 and 25. They offer free legal advice at their office based at Devas Club close to Clapham Common and Clapham Junction. Their legal advice line provides telephone advice to individuals and advisors, and Public Legal Education to young people and families with children, and advice to support workers through training sessions and seminars.

Switalskis is recruiting an experienced, commercially minded and motivated Legal Aid Costs Draftsperson or Costs Lawyer to join their Costs Department. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical knowledge of legal aid billing, CCMS/SILAS and high costs work who is looking to work within a specialist and supportive environment. You will play a key role in maximising recovery of legal aid costs across a varied caseload while providing expert advice on funding and legal aid costs issues. This role provides the opportunity for growth and career progression in a supervisory role for the right candidate.  

Switalskis is an award-winning law firm, recently listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for the third consecutive year. Established in 1993 by Stephen Switalski, they began with a focus on child care law and criminal law from a single office in Wakefield. Since then they’ve expanded to 12 locations employing approximately 400 people who provide a wide array of specialist legal services.

Switalskis is recruiting a Billing/CCMS Coordinator to join their internal Costs Team.  This role will work closely with Costs Lawyers & Draftsman dealing with legal aid billing and will be responsible for submitting legal aid claims for payment to the legal aid agency via their dedicated billing systems (CCMS/SILAS) and raising bills for Solicitors fees on their case management system.

Switalskis is an award-winning law firm, recently listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for the third consecutive year. Established in 1993 by Stephen Switalski, they began with a focus on child care law and criminal law from a single office in Wakefield. Since then they’ve expanded to 12 locations employing approximately 400 people who provide a wide array of specialist legal services.

Release is recruiting a Supervising Solicitor (Housing) – Legal Aid – available on either a part‑time or full‑time basis—to help shape and expand their legal services at the intersection of social justice community care law, and harm reduction.to help grow Release’s rights-based legal services for marginalised communities. If you’re an experienced housing legal aid practitioner committed to social justice, harm reduction and trauma-informed practice, this is a chance to shape a developing legal aid practice without unsustainable billing pressure. 

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 recruiting are recruiting Billing Assistants to support their Immigration, Family and Public Law and Human Rights departments. These positions will be based in their Tottenham office. The role will include costing files, creating Legal Aid claims and generally assisting in the smooth running of the billing department. The role also includes assisting the Immigration department with new private client enquiries. At times when the need arises, the role will also include reception and switchboard cover.  

Wilson Solicitors are one of the leading firms in the UK specialising in civil liberties