Volunteering opportunity
Durham Pro Bono Clinic is looking for volunteer qualified solicitors specialising in employment law.
Volunteers can either support the clinic remotely or attend in-person appointments at Citizens Advice County Durham. Solicitors can expect to see two clients in 45-minute appointment slots.
Durham Pro Bono Clinic operates on alternate Wednesday afternoons but the clinic is flexible about how often volunteer solicitors wish to be on the clinic rota.
The service provided is one-off, initial verbal legal advice.
Law students from Durham University are responsible for triaging client enquiries, providing a case summary and party names to volunteer solicitors in advance of appointments and booking the client appointments.
Person specification
Solicitors with a current practicing certificate with expertise in employment law.
Solicitors advising in the clinic will need to be covered by their firms’ Professional Indemnity Insurance.
Next steps
If you would be interested in supporting Durham Pro Bono Clinic, please contact Rebecca Howell, Head of Clinics Programme at LawWorks: rebecca.howell@lawworks.org.uk