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Welcome to the Twitter of the University of Birmingham Pro Bono Group. Keep up to date with our events here! Note: this is not a forum for client communication.

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These sessions are open to anyone and everyone interested in starting their own business! Sign up via this link: https://t.co/ttvq6T69Nj

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Our volunteers on this project work from our new building, The Exchange, in Birmingham City Centre. Here, they liaise with budding entrepreneurs, assisting them in understanding the relevant law that they need to build a successful business.

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Read about the work we do with the Tom Lantos Institute to help support the rights of minority groups.

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It's a whole New Year! What are your plans for 2023?

We plan to keep on delivering #probono legal advice to those in need.

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Learn more about the work we do in our Common Ground project, working with the charity Changing Our Lives.

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This project has been very successful over the past couple of years with volunteers and those attending sessions giving great feedback. As part of our Streetlaw group of projects, students create sessions focussing on legal issues linked to race, discrimination and protest.

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Our work with the Freedom Law Clinic provides an exciting opportunity for the students assigned to this project to work on real-life criminal cases.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MATTERS

This is a very exciting project that some of our members get to work on, focussing on combatting and finding solutions to topical environmental issues.

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What do we do?
Throughout the next few weeks, we will be introducing the projects that we work on to give you a clearer idea of the work that we do and the help we provide.

First up is our ELIPS project!

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Meet our ELF, Freedom Clinic and BPC & ELIPS Coordinators!
More to come on our projects and what all of this means next week - watch this space!

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FREE LEGAL ADVICE GROUP!!!

These are our FLAG coordinators for 2022/23. They are responsible for hosting client appointments at the FLAG clinic, ensuring the process runs smoothly.

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STREETLAW COORDINATORS!!

These members of our committee are responsible for collaborating with organisations to secure opportunities for us to provide legal presentations.

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PUBLICITY & FUNDRAISING COORDINATORS!!!

Gabrielle, Kiera, Anusha & Samirah will be in charge of our social media accounts, as well as planning fundraising events for the charities we work with - watch this space!!

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MEET OUR NEW COMMITTEE!!!

Introducing the first two members of our committee: Chairman Alexander, and Deputy Chair Meg!

Keep your eyes peeled as we announce the rest of our committee very soon...

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This week's blog focuses on holding companies accountable in a company law context. This blog discusses the doctrine of separate corporate personality and the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil. It discusses famous cases such as Prest and Petrodel as well as the Solomon case

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NEW BLOG POST
This week's blog focuses on women's rights in tort law looking at wrongful conception cases looking as caselaw such as MacFarlane and how this could be reformed to better reflect women's autonomy. Click the link and let us know your thoughts
https://t.co/eTCI5TDuVC

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✨NEW BLOG POST✨

This week’s blog focuses on the law behind multinational corporations. It includes useful definitions of corporate terms, explains why and how corporations work, and discusses the power imbalances within them.

Let us know what you think!

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We're excited to be joined by Lucy Talbot-Martin, who works as a Volunteer Manager and Sophie Broke, who works as a caseworker. Don't miss it! ✨

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Interested in a career at the Bar / learning more about Pro Bono? ⚖️

Join Advocate Pro Bono charity on Tuesday 22nd March to discuss all things pro bono at the Bar! The session is on Zoom @ 3-4pm.

To book your place, you must fill out the form below:
https://t.co/dimWKkapym

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NEW BLOG POST!! Our third blog focuses on the impact of COVID and Brexit on the supply chain.

Let us know in the comments your thoughts on this blog! The link to the blog is in our bio!