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Liz Curran 1st May 2018
In February 2017, I was invited to be an ‘expert adviser’ for the Law Council of Australia’s (LCA) ‘Justice Project’. I was initially reticent. Senate Inquiries (2004; 2009; 2015), reviews, a survey in Australia of the overloaded Legal Assistance Sector (Allen’s Review 2011; 2012 Australia-wide Law Survey; Productivity Commission 2016; Victorian Justice Department 2017) saw […]
John Fitzpatrick 11th March 2018
Earlier, I wrote about the role of law clinics as agents of social justice in a democracy. In this post, I will consider the institutional context in which law clinics operate. Universities have supported law clinics, amongst other reasons, because they enrich the academic study of law, allow students to gain vocationally relevant experience and […]
John Fitzpatrick 11th March 2018
It was clear from an excellent workshop in Tel Aviv University last month that an impressive number and variety of innovative projects are operating in law clinics in universities and colleges in Israel; for example, in employment law, environmental law, and criminal and youth justice. They are delivering real benefits in their localities and also […]
Lewis Graham 25th January 2018
The right to a fair trial is undoubtedly one of the most sacrosanct rights in most modern legal systems, and is manifested in one of the most important articles in the European Convention on Human Rights. Certainly, in the United Kingdom, courts have historically been forthright in protecting this right. An axiomatic element of a […]
Louis Tran Van Lieu 20th October 2017
This week the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Reyes v Al-Malki, allowing the appeal, and in doing so, drawing on a report Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) prepared for the benefit of Kalayaan, an organization working to protect the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK, which intervened in the proceeding. Ms […]