Aneela Samrai

Housing, Discrimination & Public Law. Former @YLALawyers Committee Member. Mentor. Views my own. She/her.

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

Two years ago I moved to London and started my training contract with @hodgejonesallen. Now I’ve qualified as a solicitor and have started my dream NQ job in @HJAHousingLaw. Each day it’s a privilege to empower clients to assert and defend their rights (1/3)

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

🚨 Calling social welfare paralegals and case workers who want to qualify as solicitors🚨

Don’t miss this event on the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund tonight in London! Find out how you could obtain funding for the SQE.

#SWSQF #SQE

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

➡️ #SWSQF 2022 Q&A
📢 Next Wednesday (26 October) @ 6.30pm
📢 In-person event hosted by Bolt Burdon Kemp in London

Tickets and more details available here: https://t.co/Gdemkjkb8Y

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

We have not one but ✨two✨ #SWSQF launch events coming up for your calendars! (THREAD)

Come along to:
✏️ Learn more about #SWSQF & get your Qs answered
✏️ Talk to past recipients of the fund
✏️ Get to know other YLAL members
✏️ Support the next gen of social welfare solicitors!

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

Following the success of the Social Welfare Solicitor’s Qualification Fund, we’re looking to see if aspiring solicitors would be interested in the fund for another year! Please share your thoughts with us through our quick survey #SWSQF: https://t.co/NGpPYCSPfF

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

In collaboration with @BarbriSqe we are pleased to share that YLAL members can get a 20% discount on BARBRI’s SQE prep courses.
Links below for more info:

https://t.co/dA2mN5D4FI

https://t.co/Sn2KKPNnqr

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

As #SouthAsianHeritageMonth comes to an end, here are my thoughts as @hodgejonesallen Interim Diversity Champion on this year’s theme ‘Journeys of Empire’ and the need to leave the unhelpful ‘BAME’ acronym behind.
https://t.co/aZMcwB7ott

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

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Funded by the Justice Together Initiative, and in collaboration with @publiclawprojct, we are undertaking an important research project on the sustainability of #asylum and #immigration legal aid.

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

We are so pleased to see the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund #SWSQF taking off today,
with our first ever cohort of 22 candidates beginning their @BarbriSqe prep course. https://t.co/Y7xP9FTcvH

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

There’s still time to grab a ticket to @YLALawyers first in person London meeting in over 2 years! I’ll be chairing a stellar panel of experts speakers and we’ll be discussing pressing issues regarding human rights and refugee resettlement.

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

We will be holding our first *in person* London meeting in over 2 years at @gardencourtlaw 6.30pm Weds 6 April

Human Rights and Refugee Resettlement

Speakers: @connordjohnston, @sonalinaikqc, Kama Petruczenko @refugeecouncil, @AneelaSamrai (chair)

🎫: https://t.co/s1kdBXuWtc

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

We will be holding our first *in person* London meeting in over 2 years at @gardencourtlaw 6.30pm Weds 6 April

Human Rights and Refugee Resettlement

Speakers: @connordjohnston, @sonalinaikqc, Kama Petruczenko @refugeecouncil, @AneelaSamrai (chair)

🎫: https://t.co/s1kdBXuWtc

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

YLAL submitted a response to the government’s Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights consultation yesterday with the help of some of our wonderful volunteers! You can read below and on the YLAL website:
https://t.co/BpxtAaL92F

[Refugee Action @RefugeeAction]

🚨🚨The House of Lords just voted to give people seeking asylum the right to work 🚨🚨

This is BRILLIANT news!!! Congratulations to every single member of the #LiftTheBan coalition.

House of Commons here we come…!!! 💪🏼💪🏼

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

Our next #YLALVirtual will be on Weds 16th Feb 2022 at 6.30pm discussing the proposed gov reforms to the Human Rights Act. In preparation for a response to this consultation, we are hosting this roundtable to hear junior practitioners' views, collect evidence and recommendations

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

@PeterTodd_ So sorry for your loss Peter, thinking of you and your family.

[Aneela Samrai @AneelaSamrai]

My latest blog for @HJAHousingLaw on the so-called “gay cake case” - a stark warning that if there are ECHR arguments in a case, they should be raised expressly before the domestic courts in order to keep the door open for a future application to the ECtHR https://t.co/4Y7BrpFrdB

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

🚨One week left to apply for the Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund🚨

For guidance documents and more, see CLLS's website: https://t.co/mpKwoyTzs8…

And visit our SQE Hub: https://t.co/chVDArAa9H

You can email any questions to: [email protected]

#SWSQF #SQEFund

[Laura O'Brien @lauraemilyob]

Some cases remind you what the law can do for good & evil. State sanctioned racism & trafficking of people happened. We live with the legacy. But we owe our human rights to those that fought against them. The fight against racism is not over.
https://t.co/OjLO8nbq5w

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

🚨Final call for survey responses🚨

If you’re a legal aid lawyer up to 10 years pqe please complete our Updating Covid-19 Survey today.

The more responses we receive, the better our data is as a tool to advocate for change. Every response counts!

https://t.co/2wVWxDlJ9t

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

If you’re a legal aid lawyer up to 10 pqe please complete our Updating Covid-19 Survey & share your experiences!

⏰Deadline extended to Mon 20 Dec 2021⏰

https://t.co/2wVWxDlJ9t