admin 14th November 2017
Bringing about social change is hard work and there are always many barriers, but there are also many methods to bringing about change. The law, in its many guises, is a tool for social change that is not always used by civil society organisations. To get more NGOs in this country to consider litigation as […]
admin 6th April 2017
A Workshop for PhD Candidates and Early-Career Researchers 22 June 2017 To mark its 10th Anniversary, OTJR is organizing a one-day workshop to engage PhD candidates, early-career researchers and practitioners working on transitional justice in guided discussions about their current work. The workshop will provide an opportunity for networking and exchanging ideas with other postgraduates […]
admin 21st December 2016
New book that engenders the human right to water in African context : Water is Life: Women’s human rights in national and local water governance in Eastern and Southern Africa, Anne Hellum, Patricia Kameri- Mbote and Barbara van Koppen, Harare: Weaver Press 2015 The book approaches water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue. […]
admin 1st November 2016
Jeremais Prassl (University of Oxford & OxHRH Associate) and Abi Adams (University of Oxford) will be speaking on the impact of employment tribunal fees. Event date: 4 Nov 2016 – 1:00pm to 2:30pm Venue: Faculty of Law – Seminar Room F Since July 2013, recourse to Employment Tribunals in the United Kingdom has attracted […]
admin 14th October 2016
****Correction: The Oxford Legal Walk will be starting at the SAID Business School at 5pm*** With the reduction in funds for legal aid and the increase in tribunal fees, access to justice remains illusory for many individuals in our own community. Oxford Legal Assistance, the Oxford Human Rights Hub and Oxford Pro Bono Publico […]
admin 12th October 2016
Oxford Legal Assistance (OLA), the Oxford Law Faculty’s legal clinic organization is looking for graduate student volunteers with a passion for pro bono work in the 2016-2017 academic year. OLA enables volunteers to engage and support crucial legal aid work carried out our local community. OLA has a rich partnership with Turpin & Miller, an awarding winning local law […]
admin 9th August 2016
The University of Oxford has conducted a study into the impact of false accusations of abuse on professionals who work in positions of trust with children or vulnerable adults, or who worked with them at the time of the alleged abuse. We have interviewed and collated written accounts from 30 people across England and Wales who have been […]
admin 5th July 2016
JUSTICE is recruiting for The Kalisher Trust internship which will take place from October 2016 to January 2017, and will be based in our London office. Interns will be paid an award of £5,000 in total. Read more on our internships page The Kalisher scholarship is intended to encourage and assist those intending to practice […]
admin 1st July 2016
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) is delighted to have reached their initial ‘all or nothing’ fundraising target. Their stretch target is £25,000 so that we can reach another 100 people with our Separated Families’ Project and so please continue to support this important campaign. Carrying on our work helping reunite families would not be possible without […]
admin 25th May 2016
The fifth annual Oxford Legal Assistance Public Law Moot took place on 21 May 2016 at the Oxford Law Faculty. The moot competition was a great success. Competitors were from law and non-law backgrounds. The competition is organised in conjunction with Oxford Legal Assistance, the only pro bono organisation open to undergraduate law students at […]
admin 18th December 2015
The Victoria Law Foundation has released an exciting new report: Seven Principles of Strategic Legal Practice for Community Legal Centres by Agata Wierzbowski (Consumer Law Action Centre) that discusses the role of lawyers in society, making change. Community law work is not always easy. We hold the tension between limited resources and overwhelming legal need, […]
admin 14th August 2015
Throughout the 2014-2015 academic year, eight graduate students from Oxford University have been assisting Turpin & Miller LLP in providing vital access to justice services. Students have been helping Turpin & Miller with preparing bail applications, providing crucial country research and visiting clients in detention centres. “Through my work with Turpin and Miller I had […]