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Pro bono: lady chief justice endorses 'recognition list'

Pro bono: lady chief justice endorses 'recognition list'
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Students step up to fill legal aid gap

By Jemma Slingo2020-12-18T11:51:00+00:00
University students are playing an ‘ever more significant role’ in providing free legal advice as law schools anticipate greater demand for pro bono support.
A survey by LawWorks and the Clinical Legal Education Organisation found that 64% of law schools are now offering or undertaking pro bono work, compared with 41% in 2000.
Pro bono work has become a 'mainstream' part of university courses, research finds
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Some 90% of respondent law schools said that they expected to see increased client demand for their law school’s pro bono services because of unmet need and the ongoing impact of cuts to legal aid. However, they stressed student support is not a substitute for properly funded legal aid.

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