Links & Resources
On this page you will find links to a series of documents, websites and other resources that may assist your law school pro bono projects.
A - LAWWORKS EXTERNAL LINKS
B - STUDENT PRO BONO RELATED LINKS
C - OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES
A - LawWorks External Links
1 - Dedicated website
Please go to www.studentprobono.net for a new and growing site dedicated to student pro bono activities, including a databse of student pro bono activity and contacts for the UK.
The new site is a joint venture between LawWorks and Queen Mary University.
2 - Video Archive on HumanRightsTV
HERE! - You can see video footage of, among other things, the LawWorks Student Conference 2008 and the Student Pro Bono Awards at the House of Lords in 2009.
You are free to use and embed all of these videos in your own websites and powerpoint slideshows, etc. as you wish.
3 - LawWorks Law School Pro Bono Reports
In 2011 LawWorks published the results of its latest survey into law school pro bono activity. The report was sponsored by the Law Society of England & Wales and written by Richard Grimes, with the assistance of Martin Curtis.
Research Report 2011
Research Report 2006
Research Report 2003
4 - Pro Bono Case Studies at Law School
Lydia Bleasdale-Hill of Leeds University has produced this helpful guide to pro bono projects currently in operation around the UK.
B - Pro Bono Related Links
1 - CLEO
The Clinical Legal Education Organisation is a useful group to make contact with if you are an academic with a desire to incorporate practical legal experience into your students' academic study. Information on the group can be obtained at this link to the UKCLE website.
CLEO held its last conference in July 2009, in Australia, in conjunction with the International Journal for Clinical Legal Education. This followed the Symposium on 9 January 2009 in Newcastle (at Northumbria University) and the 2008 Conference in Cork.
For more information on CLEO please contact Kevin Kerrigan at Northumbria University - kevin.kerrigan@unn.ac.uk.
2 - PLEAS (Public Legal Education and Support) Taskforce
PLEAS was an independent body set up to develop proposals on how to promote and improve public legal education in society. PLEAS was supported by the Ministry of Justice, and membership was made up of people who had an interest in helping to improve public legal education. Their report can be accessed via this link.
3 - Plenet
The public legal education theme is being continued at Plenet. The Plenet website aims to share good practice, case studies and analysis of the wide range of activities that involve PLE.
4 - International Bar Association
The IBA has a dedicated website aimed at increasing and encouraging information-sharing among the global community of legal professionals at all levels (including students) who are either engaged in innovative pro bono initiatives or who wish to be involved, both on an international and on a local basis.
www.internationalprobono.com. Please register to access all areas.
C - Other Useful Links
1 - LexisNexis
LexisNexis is a key partner of LawWorks, sponsoring many events that we have run and supporting the pro bono work done by our members' volunteers. LexisNexis has made its PSL product available free of charge for all LawWorks Member Clinics. Click here to see a demo of the product and contact Martin (details below) for further information.
2 - Delia Venables Legal Resource Site
Delia Venables Legal Resources provides information on legal resources online in the UK and Ireland, including free caselaw resources, an A to Z set of legal resources by topic, information on the legal publishers, sources of legal current awareness, lists of solicitors and barristers with links to their web sites, information on expert witnesses, legal journals, resources and careers for students, free legal information for individuals and a means of starting legal research across Europe and elsewhere.
3 - UKCLE
The UK Centre for Legal Education published a report on the particular 'models' of student law clinic that may be adopted. This can be found on the UKCLE website and is entitled "Mapping best practice in clinical legal education".
There is also an excellent paper, written by Richard Grimes, which was presented to the Attorney General's Pro Bono Committee in 2003. Click here for that report.
For further information or suggestions on further links and resources please contact Sasha Nicoletti.