Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

ATLEU is seeking someone who is passionate about housing and migrants’ rights and is committed to qualifying as a housing lawyer. The successful candidate will be dedicated to working for social justice and wish to specialise in securing safe and suitable accommodation and support for migrants, including survivors of trafficking.

A demonstrated commitment to housing or migrant support rights is an essential part of the application for this role.

The fellow will have a strong focus on housing work during their fellowship but will gain experience across four different areas of legal practice in the two years: housing and public law, compensation and immigration.

We particularly welcome applicants from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities and people who are migrants and/or survivors themselves.

Join Shelter as a Housing Solicitor, in their mission to drive systemic change and fight for Justice.

If you are a dedicated Solicitor with a strong commitment to addressing the housing crisis they welcome you to apply for this role.

At a time when the housing emergency continues to deepen, your experience could help transform lives and challenge the systems that perpetuate injustice. Play a central role in Shelter’s mission as a Solicitor to defend the right to a safe, and secure home.

Working with Shelter means being part of a passionate team that believes a safe home is a fundamental right. Here, your legal skills don’t just change lives—they shape a fairer housing system.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Shelter Cymru for a Housing Law Caseworker who will work within their Housing Services team based in Rhyl or Felinheli.

The post holder will be part of a team who provide a National Housing Advice Service through a mixture of centre, court and surgery based services across North West Wales.

Shelter Cymru is developing a flexible and hybrid working approach for all staff, with a minimum of 1 day per week working in the office and have offices across Wales.

Coram has an exciting opportunity for a solicitor specialising in education law to join the CCLC team within a pro bono project, The School Exclusions Clinic. The role involves supervising external pro bono lawyers from corporate law firms to support children and families through the school exclusion process. In this role you will supervise the provision of legal advice, assistance and representation delivered by corporate volunteers. You will also manage your own legal aid and privately funded case work relating to special educational needs and disabilities and discrimination law. You will be passionate about delivering high quality advice and client care and be committed to children’s rights and supporting CCLC’s aims.

Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor ideally with experience of education law casework and/or related public law practice.

ATLEU is recruiting an immigration lawyer to take up the exciting role of Community Lawyer.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering ATLEU’s community lawyering strategy to bring about meaningful change with and for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. The community lawyer will build relationships and work alongside community and survivor led organisations so that ATLEU: understands communities’ needs, the systemic issues they face and their priorities and goals; shares legal knowledge, skills and resources which help to empower communities to advocate for themselves; delivers advice in a way that best reaches survivors where they are; and co-produces litigation strategies with communities to bring strategic challenges that tackle systemic injustice and support and amplify community campaigns.

ATLEU is looking for someone who is committed to working closely with communities in a non-hierarchical and collaborative way, recognising the centrality and leadership of survivors to deliver meaningful change. You will be an excellent communicator, have empathy, be confident working independently and have good organisation skills.

The Community Housing Rights Lawyer will strengthen CELC’s work on housing rights, early intervention and community-led change.

The role will act as a resource for colleagues across CELC and for community and VCSE partners. You will help non-housing specialists recognise housing issues earlier, provide appropriate initial advice and understand when specialist intervention is needed. You will also work with colleagues across different areas of law at CELC to identify intersecting issues and ensure people receive more joined-up, holistic support.

The postholder will build trusted relationships with community groups and partner organisations, helping them to understand housing rights, identify recurring problems and connect people to legal support. By bringing together insight from casework, enquiries, partner knowledge and the experiences of affected communities, you will help CELC identify unmet legal need, spot patterns of systemic injustice and with communities develop practical and legal responses that improve access to rights and contribute to wider change.

Join Shelter as a Housing Solicitor, in their mission to drive systemic change and fight for Justice.

If you are a dedicated Solicitor with a strong commitment to addressing the housing crisis they welcome you to apply for this role.

At a time when the housing emergency continues to deepen, your experience could help transform lives and challenge the systems that perpetuate injustice. Come and play a central role in their mission as a Solicitor to defend the right to a safe, and secure home.

Working with Shelter means being part of a passionate team that believes a safe home is a fundamental right. There, your legal skills don’t just change lives—they shape a fairer housing system

Centre for Women’s Justice is seeking two feminist solicitors to join their litigation team and help use the law strategically to hold the state to account for violence against women and girls.

You will develop and manage a varied caseload of civil and public law cases involving holding criminal justice agencies and other public authorities to account. Your role may also involve some public inquiry work. You will provide excellent, trauma-informed client care and contribute to CWJ’s wider litigation strategy, partnerships, and policy work.

Depending on your experience, the role may also include supervising and line-managing junior members of the legal team.

This is an opportunity to undertake ambitious strategic litigation within a collaborative feminist organisation and to help secure wider legal and systemic change for women subjected to male violence.

*Women-only: because this role involves direct work with victims and survivors of sexual violence, it is a genuine occupational requirement that the role is carried out by a woman. The Genuine Occupational Requirement exemption under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Wilsons are seeking caseworkers to join their highly regarded Public Law and Human Rights department.

They are looking for people committed to representing clients in legal proceedings against government. In return, you will join a community of dedicated professionals and receive the support you need to develop your career.

They are committed to increasing diversity within their department and removing barriers to entering the legal profession. They recognise that a diverse and genuinely inclusive team benefits both their department and the clients they represent.

They particularly welcome applications from people belonging to groups that are under-represented in the profession.