Volunteer with LawRight
LawRight engages and equips the legal profession to deliver strategic pro bono to vulnerable people.
Barristers partner with LawRight by:
- taking pro bono referrals, including advice and advocacy work
- volunteering at LawRight Court & Tribunal Services
- joining as members
- participating in events and fundraising
Law firms partner with LawRight by:
- taking pro bono referrals
- providing legal clinics at Community & Health Justice Partnerships
- providing volunteers for LawRight Court & Tribunal Services
- joining as members
- providing secondees
- participating in events and fundraising
Corporate and government in-house legal units contribute to LawRight by:
- joining as a member
- providing secondees
- participating in events and fundraising
- accepting pro bono referrals (independently or through co-counsel arrangements with a LawRight member law firm)
- partnering to deliver legal clinics at Community & Health Justice Partnerships
- providing volunteers for LawRight’s Court & Tribunal Service
Law students contribute to pro bono by:
- participating in student clinics or credited internship subjects
- undertaking their Practical Legal Training as volunteers with LawRight
- volunteering outside of their studies
- participating in events and fundraising
LawRight generally works with law firms, which provide their lawyers to do pro bono work in a coordinated way. However, individual volunteer lawyers can support LawRight by:
- volunteering to support LawRight staff coordinate our programs. This is done during business hours so may particularly suit lawyers who are retired, on a career break or working part-time.
- participating in events and fundraising
- donating
- encouraging your firm to become a member
We do not currently have any vacancies, but will advertise here and on our social media channels when we do.
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