North Kensington Law Centre, which received £66,768 for its Grenfell Tower fire response team, and the Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, which received £45,000 to train legal practitioners working with trafficking victims, are among last year’s beneficiaries of The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF).
Since its launch five years ago, TLEF has invested £21m in legal education and advice, including creating 68 new trainee lawyer posts at social welfare law organisations through its Justice First Fellowship scheme. Last year, it gave grants worth £5.7m to 91 organisations, according to its annual review.
TLEF originated as part of the College of Law but separated and launched as a charitable foundation in 2013.
Matthew Smerdon, TLEF chief executive, said: ‘We have developed an approach centred on helping people to understand and use the law to secure rights, fair treatment and protection. Legal education plays an essential role in helping them
