Your pathway to a legal career Our award-winning pro bono project enables you to develop practical legal skills and gain valuable experience in preparation for your profession, as well as giving you the opportunity to put something back into the community. We provide you with the chance to develop your legal skills in a practical context, while fostering the ethos and spirit of pro bono.
Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre Our multi-award-winning Legal Advice Centre provides outstanding pro bono opportunities, giving you the chance to gain practical experience and help the local community. The Centre is a teaching law firm, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. At the 2016 LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards, the Centre won both the Best Contribution by a Law School and the Access to Justice Foundation award. The Centre provides outstanding opportunities for our students, who work under the supervision of qualified solicitors to provide free legal advice and assistance on a range of services, including: • Employment rights • Business law • Housing, property and environmental law • Debt and welfare rights • Tribunal and court representation Overseas placements, internships and international pro bono opportunities will also be facilitated by the Centre. This work helps to develop new international links in countries with developing economies. Free Representation Unit (FRU) and Environmental Law Service We are also home to the only Free Representation Unit (FRU) outside of London. The Legal Advice Centre runs in conjunction with the London-based charity, FRU, meaning that our students have the opportunity to become ratified FRU volunteers, and represent clients at employment and social security tribunals.
We also provide an Environmental Law Service, in conjunction with the Environmental Law Foundation and local law firms. This enables us to assist individuals and community groups in environmental law cases. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/nlslegaladvicecentre to find out more. Mooting We are proud of our strong mooting tradition, and take part in many national and international competitions – these include the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris, created to help student lawyers meet the dispute resolution needs of today’s cross-cultural market. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/mooting for more information. The School has both GDL and LPC mooting societies, enabling our students to develop their mooting skills. As you would expect, our Bar students are also actively involved in mooting competitions.
Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/probono to find out more about the range of projects that you can get involved in, and to watch videos of our students talking about their experiences.
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