Vacancies in the Legal Aid Sector

Asylum Aid is recruiting a practising solicitor with substantial experience of litigation. This is a maternity cover for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extension.

For over thirty years, Asylum Aid has been providing legal representation to some of the most vulnerable people seeking asylum. They have built an expert service, delivering vital and life-saving services in some of the most complex legal cases, with a particular speciality working with unaccompanied children, survivors of trafficking, torture or other forms of human cruelty, and stateless people. Their vision is that all those in need of protection from persecution and other forms of human cruelty in the UK can obtain it, and are treated fairly and with dignity.

Shelter Cymru is looking for a remote housing law caseworker. The post holder will provide advice and a full end-to-end casework service via pre-booked telephone appointments to people across Wales, depending on where the need is at the time. The post will help to support the regional Community Housing Advice Service teams at times of reduced capacity (for example, due to staff vacancies) or due to excessive demand.

Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales. They help 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 Cymru is looking for a Housing Law Caseworker. 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 exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales. They help 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 Cymru is looking for a Court Duty Scheme Housing Law Caseworker to deliver court duty sessions and provide follow-up advice services as required across the Cardiff, Vale and Valleys region, (which includes Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taff and South Powys).

Shelter Cymru exists to defend the right to a safe home in Wales. They help 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.

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.