LawWorks have been facilitating a wider roundtable forum with a range of legal and access to justice organisations to address issues, challenges and legal needs raised by the crisis. Around 40 people have taken part, including senior representatives from the Law Society, Bar Council, Collaborative Plan, Advice UK, the Law Centres Network, Citizens Advice, Age UK, Public Law Project, Legal Action Group, Legal Aid Practitioners Group, Advice Services Alliance, Shelter, Access to Justice Foundation, the Clinical Legal Education Organisation, London Legal Support Trust, and the Legal Education Foundation. The stated purpose and terms of reference for the group, are:
- to identify legal needs arising from the health crisis;
- to monitor and review the impact for providers of legal information, support, advice and representation;
- to consider responses and recommendations to help address the above needs, including and potential policy recommendations (to Government and others);
- to inform and support the mobilisation and co-ordination of the advice sector, legal aid, charities, volunteer lawyers and legal professionals, for people with legal and advice needs;
- as part of that mobilisation, to encourage sector-wide collaborations, initiatives and technology driven solutions - sharing information, resources and learning.
The full terms of reference and its subgroups can be found below.
Notes of the roundtables held so far are available to look at below
Roundtable notes – 24 March 2020- Roundtable notes – 31 March 2020
- Roundtable notes – 29 April 2020
- Roundtable May 21st Notes
- Roundtable notes - June 16th.pdf
Resources and outputs from the subgroups will be posted as they become available.
Subgroups
- Sustainability
- Ways of deploying and accessing services
- The subgroup are working with the LIP Network to collate, develop and share resources, and to update shared materials and directories (such as the Guide to Pro Bono.)
- Policy dimensions
For more information please contact James Sandbach.