"The Future of Justice" Joint Conference 14th/15th May 2018
Grant: £90,000
March 22, 2018
An international conference on ‘The Future of Justice’ held at UCL on 14-15 May 2018 a joint initiative of UCL, the Nuffield Foundation and the Legal Education Foundation. The focus of the conference was the impact of technological revolution in justice systems and the power of empirical research to understand change. A central aim of the conference was to develop a new agenda for empirical research into the justice system and begin to build the political will and resource necessary to deliver it.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
Related Research | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Suffolk Law Centre: Legal Aid Housing & Business Development
Grant: £45,500
March 19, 2018
The Law Centre launches on 23rd March 2018 and has been formally offered a legal aid contract in housing law to commence 1st September 2018. That contract is dependent on the Law Centre recruiting a full time legal aid Housing Supervisor. In addition, as a new centre, SLC needs to build projects and partnerships across Suffolk and to strengthen the Centre’s ability to find ongoing funding.
This project comprises the recruitment of that Self-Supervising Housing Lawyer and the maintenance of their salary for 13 months during which time they will build a full housing caseload (and thus become fully self-funded from legal aid revenue) and work across Suffolk to extend our reach.
The Business Development Officer role is a new post, shared across Law Centre and ISCRE projects, and already recruited to, but unfunded. This post will support the Director and Housing Lawyer to develop projects, partnerships and diversify funding streams to ensure sustainability.
The project also involves commissioning a small amount of expert consultancy to develop legal aid systems and procedures and to train trustees, management and service delivery staff on the complexities of the legal aid scheme.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
Developing Income Streams | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Bar Professional Training Course Market Analysis Project
Grant: £20,000
March 19, 2018
The Inns are considering delivering the BPTC to provide a flexible and accessible pathway to the qualification at a far lower cost and risk than current provision. Partly based on the advice previously given by Parthenon (part LEF-funded research), we have persuaded the BSB to allow a two part flexibly delivered BPTC in their regulations. The first part of the course will be delivered online and the second via and attended blended course that will last half an academic year. We have met (more than once) with all of the BPTC providers and it does not appear at the moment that any of them will adopt this model preferred by the profession. Recent surveys indicate that the two part BPTC would be popular and indeed would encourage access to the profession.
As advised by Parthenon, the Inns have maintained a threat of market entry and now intend to finalise a delivery proposal. To guide this, a final analysis of the BPTC market is essential. The Inns, before they make a significant financial contribution to the set-up of a course, want to conduct a detailed market analysis to ascertain the likely reaction of current providers and ensure the option of a flexible, blended learning programme meets the needs of the profession and students.
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
Less Advantaged Backgrounds | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
Pilot project for The Jeanie Project
Grant: £19,380
March 14, 2018
The idea behind a pilot plan is to identify,
Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
People Working in the Law | ||
Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
Understand Role of Technology | ||
Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
Communications to Disseminate Learning |
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