Summer internships at the Bar Pro Bono Unit

June – September 2011


The Bar Pro Bono Unit is seeking dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to volunteer as Summer Casework Interns at our office in The National Pro Bono Centre on Chancery Lane, London.


You will be assisting the caseworkers with:

*administrative support

*allocating cases to volunteer barristers across England and Wales

*summarising applications ready for our reviewing barristers

*completing case reports for our management committee


This internship is a fantastic opportunity to obtain unique exposure to the Bar as a profession and to a wide range of areas of law. You will also learn a great deal about the practical working of the courts and the needs of litigants in person.

You must have completed at least one year of law-related study or law-related work. Voluntary sector and office experience is preferred but not essential. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at our office.

As a small charity with limited staff and resources we are not able to provide feedback or discuss the internships with you.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 8th May 2011 at 11pm.

For further information about the internships and the application form please click here.

For further information about the Bar Pro Bono Unit please follow this link: http://www.barprobono.org.uk/index.php?cID=624#2|

Previous volunteer (2nd year LLB student): “I have learnt more about the Bar and how the profession works in practice which will no doubt be beneficial to me in the future.”

Opportunities with Community Links

Community Links is a charity based in the East End of London, which provides advice to the public on welfare benefits, housing, debt, employment law and consumer issues.

They are offering the chance to train as a paralegal, initially assisting clients with filling in the correct legal forms, and then, when sufficiently trained, helping prepare and advocate cases in the Social Security Tribunal.

The deadline for these roles is ongoing so please get your applications in to Emma Krasniqi (emma.krasniqi@community-links.org) soon so that you do not miss out.

Application form: http://www.community-links.org/get-involved/volunteering-with-the-advice-team/

Request for Remote/Out of Hours Assistance

Request for Remote/Out of Hours Assistance

Message from the Bar Pro Bono Unit - charity providing free legal representation and advice:

We are looking for a number of volunteers to help with updating our contact information, essentially finding email addresses, specialisms, year of call etc and some other details for our... records. I will provide a full instruction sheet and links to assist you with this. The majority of this will be finding information available on the internet and inputting it into an excel spreadsheet which you will be provided with.

It is vital for us to have up to date and comprehensive records and we would be so grateful for your support in this way. We really need to have this done correctly and as we ask so please be prepared to follow our requests carefully!

If you are interested and would be happy to accurately find and record information for us, please email Mr Sumit Bhogal [sumit@barprobono.org.uk] with your CV.

Law students to coach Year 8 - 9 students for mooting competition

The LSE Volunteer Centre is seeking 2 - 4 law students to lead a new project within a secondary school in Angel. The project will involve developing and running an afterschool or lunchtime weekly mooting club for year 8 and 9 students (age 12 - 14). Further details can be found in the attachments.

http://bit.ly/fMRbL1

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_AguVytyUOxMDhhODk1YzktZWFmYi00Y2Q1LTlmZTItZGM5YTBlNjM3OGFm&hl=en&authkey=CKHl9psB


e-mail interest to: volunteer@lse.ac.uk by January 15th

Opportunities with Independent Academic Research Studies

The Independent Academic Research Studies needs volunteers to help with its various projects relating to (youth) criminal justice:

http://lawworks.org.uk/temp_downloads/k25j47p107y4s122l99s88m136e18a22d120h120j66z148o7/IARS_-_Current_Internships_september_2010.pdf

http://www.iars.org.uk/content/becoming-iars-intern

Opportunities with Community Links

On-going opportunities with Community Links:

Administrative Support Volunteer
Trainee Volunteer Paralegal Volunteer
Trainee Appeals Representative

http://www.community-links.org/get-involved/volunteering-with-the-advice-team/

Volunteering in Criminal Justice

'Volunteering in criminal justice: Improving student prospects’ is a one-off event that will allow students to find out about volunteering opportunities within around 20 organisations in London whose work makes the capital safer. Whether you are interested in becoming a Metropolitan Police Special, supporting witnesses by volunteering for the Witness Service, being a mentor to prison inmates, or even sitting on the magistrates’ bench, the event will showcase a wide range of opportunities that are fulfilling and will also look great on your CV.


Organisations attending include:
- Catch22
- Crimestoppers
- CRI Volunteering London
- Foundation training company
- Greenwich Youth Offending Team
- Independent Custody Visitors
- Greenwich Racial Attacks Monitoring Unit
- Magistrates' Association
- Met Volunteer Programme
- Police Cadets
- Police Specials
- Prison Advice and Care Trust
- Rathbone
- Safer London Foundation
- SOVA
- St Giles
- Victim Support / Witness Service


This event is organised as part of London Student Volunteering Fortnight (LSVF) 2010 and is supported by the Mayor of London. Visit http://cjsroadshow.eventbrite.com/ for more information.