Pro Bono Opportunity with Citizens Advice Rotherham & District Pro Bono Clinic

The LawWorks Clinics Team are currently working with Citizens Advice Rotherham & District to support them in setting up a pro bono legal advice clinic to better support their service users access free housing, family and immigration & asylum law legal advice. Although Citizens Advice Rotherham & District can provide general advice, a pro bono clinic is essential in ensuring that their service users can access timely, free housing, family and immigration law advice when required.

Volunteering opportunity

Citizens Advice Rotherham & District are looking for volunteer qualified solicitors specialising in:

  • Housing
  • Family (private family law)
  • Immigration & asylum

Volunteer solicitors can either support the clinic remotely (via phone) or attend in-person appointments at Citizens Advice Rotherham & District.

Citizens Advice Rotherham & District are flexible about what days/times the clinics take place and how often volunteer solicitors wish to support the clinic.

The service provided would be one-off, initial verbal legal advice.

Person specification

Solicitors with a current practicing certificate with expertise in housing, family or immigration & asylum law.

Next steps

If you would be interested in supporting Citizens Advice Rotherham & District Pro Bono Clinic or have any questions, please contact Rebecca Howell, Head of Clinics Programme at LawWorks for an informal chat: rebecca.howell@lawworks.org.uk 

Details

Opportunity location

Via telephone or in-person (Rotherham)
United Kingdom
,
GB

Region

Yorkshire

Opportunity type

Opportunity area of law