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22 January 2021
Issue: 7917 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: A future in social justice

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The Justice First Fellowship scheme now has more than 100 Fellows working in the social justice sector

The scheme, launched by The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) in 2014, funds trainee solicitor posts at social justice organisations across the UK. It was set up in response to concerns too few social justice lawyers were coming through the ranks due to funding cuts and years of under-investment.

Fellows are given additional training in leadership and management skills, and are expected to spend one day a week on a project of their choice.

Writing in NLJ this week, TLEF comms head Fiona Bawdon speaks to various hosts and Fellows about their experiences on the scheme.

Applications to host a Justice First Fellow are open until 17 February 2021, see here

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
Artificial intelligence, proportionality and public decision-making are under increasing judicial scrutiny, according to the latest public law round-up from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Families relying on informal agreements over property ownership could face costly consequences if disputes arise, the High Court has warned
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