Free
Legal Advice
The School of Law currently runs a range of student volunteering schemes that provide free legal help to those in need. Pro Bono means ‘work for the public good’ and our schemes serve exactly that purpose. Each initiative also gives our Law students a valuable opportunity to test out their legal skills in a real life environment.
The School is involved in initiatives across the whole spectrum of legal work, covering both civil and criminal areas, judicial review work and international law. We currently run schemes with a variety of professional partner organisations, including:
Partners of Prisoners
A range of projects including a helpline, advice centre and assistance at Magistrates Court visits, aimed at providing support to the families of prisoners.
Find out more on the Partners of Prisoners website.
Personal Support Unit
A service providing advice, help, information and presentation advice to litigants in person bringing or defending civil claims at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
Manchester Mediation Service
A local service which aims to resolve ongoing disputes in the community; students are involved in hosting mediation meetings.
Visit Manchester City Council’s Mediation Service website.
Judicial Review Work
Work with local solicitor on real life Judicial Review Cases.
Amicus
An organisation which provides once in a internship opportunities to work on Death Row cases.
The Boaz Trust
We are developing a partnership with the Trust which provides advice and support to Asylum Seekers.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Training as a CAB triage volunteer in order to assess advice needs of clients face-to-face, on the telephone or by email as part of the One Stop Advice project.
Visit the Citizens Advice Bureau website.
Shelter
Providing assistance and administration support to Shelter caseworkers and solicitors in relation to their work on housing, debt, welfare benefits and community care matters.
- For more information you can call 0161 247 3054, email probono@mmu.ac.uk, or visit the School of Law’s website
- Visit the Manchester City Council’s Mediation Service website
- Visit the Partners of Prisoners website
- Visit the Law Works website
- Visit the Amicus website
- Visit the Boaz Trust website
- Visit the Citizens Advice Bureau website
- Visit the Shelter website
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