Young Lawyers Making Change

Joint festival on social welfare law and more
Brought to you by @ylalawyers @publiclawprojct & @The_LEF

[LSE-Featherstone LGBT+ Moot @LGBTmooting]

REGISTRATION DEADLINE TODAY

The #LGBTMoot is:

🏳️‍🌈 Free to enter
🏳️‍🌈 A great opportunity to meet leading practitioners & peers with similar interests and to learn about LGBT+ legal issues
🏳️‍🌈Open to all! Find yourself a partner and you’re set!
https://t.co/9K2n6wjucb

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

Important event from our friends at @claim_space

Please do share widely!

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

Today’s the day! There’s still time to sign up for our #Pride event tonight!

If you want to find out how to make the legal aid sector more inclusive for LGBT+ workers and how legal aid can be used to protect LGBT+ rights then come along! Open to all!

https://t.co/3H76tAgxJ8

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

Our next #YLALVirtual will be looking at the state of social mobility & diversity in the sector

6.30pm Wednesday 26 May

Stellar lineup:
🌟@daniel_p_holt
🌟@CrisMcCurley
🌟@HannahMoxsom
🌟@NShotunde
🌟@RohiniTeather @ChrisLAPG
🪑@AneelaSamrai

https://t.co/rX00ZoKg2s

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

We are delighted to announce YLAL’s new co-chairing team:

🌟 @ciarabartlam
🌟 @crash_w

Ciara and Crash will be leading the work of YLAL’s committee for at least the next 6 months, taking over from @LucieBoase, @KatieMcFadden27 & @OlliePersey.

[Tara Mulcair @TaraMulcair]

The jury’s damning finding of neglect confirms what Neil’s family and their legal team have always known - Neil was failed by NELFT and his death was preventable.

1/3

[Hafsah Hussain @HafsahH24]

I’m delighted to have accepted an offer of pupillage at @psqbar! It still hasn’t sunk in yet. Sharing the news with my parents was just pure joy. Thank you to every mentor who has supported & encouraged me over the years. It is the greatest Eid present I could have ever imagined!

[Liberty @libertyhq]

Liberty’s view on structural racism in the UK, the Derek Chauvin verdict and why we’re more committed than ever to making accountability of state racism – and true justice – a reality for black people and people of colour https://t.co/ZV0An2GejZ

[Lucie Boase @LucieBoase]

Last year's @YLMakingChange festival was wonderful; help us make this year's even better!
Is there a speaker you'd love to hear from or a panel you think we should organise? Send in your ideas!

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

📢Announcement📢 We are so stoked to be joined by this #YLALVirtual superstar line up on 28.4.21:

🤩 Shami Chakrabarti @39EssexChambers
🤩 Michael Mansfield QC @NexusChambers
🤩 @chaipatel0 @JCWI_UK
🤩 @katy_w @libertyhq
🤩 @acmogan @gardencourtlaw

https://t.co/MI8FTzfHXY

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

We’re back! Fill in this quick survey to let us know if you have any ideas 💡 for panels and/or speakers.

[Young Legal Aid Lawyers @YLALawyers]

The @YLMakingChange festival will be back in 2021!

This is an annual collaboration between YLAL, @publiclawprojct & @The_LEF #Justice1stFellows

We are crowdsourcing ideas for panels and speakers!

Please complete this short survey & RT!

https://t.co/ynPQ2w4fF7

[Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw]

'#DRILLMUSIC, GANGS & PROSECUTIONS - challenging racist stereotypes in the criminal justice system'. Major new event series by Garden Court Criminal Defence Team. #BLMUK

Part 1: Understanding Drill – artist and expert testimony - 8 Sept @ 5pm

Book here: https://t.co/weoUsODtmx

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

@JacJBrown We recommend @YLALawyers’ job page!

https://t.co/hT11bBU7VE

[Megan Morrison @meganrmorrison]

Thank you to all the event organisers for the opportunity to be a part of these important discussions over the past 2 weeks. I found the keynote speeches from @MaryRachel_McC @JoDQC @_lesliethomas & @daniellejmanson especially illuminating!

[Syeda Afaz @AafzSyeda]

Thank you to @The_LEF @publiclawprojct and @YLALawyers for giving me this opportunity- it was my absolute pleasure to be part of the conference!

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

Not forgetting @AafzSyeda who told us about her incredibly inspiring route to law 🙏

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

From the opening with @MaryRachel_McC @DoughtyStPublic and @JoDQC @4PBFamilyLaw to the closing with @_lesliethomas and @daniellejmanson @gardencourtlaw, this year's festival has been a blast 🚀. Time to say 'so long!' and thank you to all our speakers, hosts & sponsors 🙏💚⚖️

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

On Saturday 15th August @emmatrevett, Nutan Fatania of @9bedfordrow, @OlliePersey and @pippajbanham gave up their Saturday afternoons to talk careers and share their substantial and valuable insights.

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

@amelie5m you are a superstar - we're so grateful for your hard work 🌟

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

Last but not least. None of this would have been possible without the support of @The_LEF, @publiclawprojct, @YLALawyers and the organising committee, especially @EmilyMcFadden12 and Amélie Godfrey 🙏🙏🙏

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

Thanks also to @HollyGirven @BethStirling3 and @HafsahH24 for the sensational questions! 🙏

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

On Friday 14th August @Rebecca_Kingi and @ciarabartlam brought the lols for a v.casual legal aid quiz with super cash prizes sponsored by @allenovery. @BoltBurdonKemp kindly provided the Zoom facilities to make it extra-interactive.

[Young Lawyers Making Change @YLMakingChange]

That's it from us. ✨Thank you so so much for coming✨ We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Here's to seeing each other in person next year. Until then, do as @daniellejmanson says and keep fighting ✊⚖️💚!