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Ending the week on a positive note as we say a big thank you to the following Pupil Pledge completers - we are really grateful to these pupils for taking on pro bono work during their second six, prioritising access to justice and reaching the target of the Pupil Pledge! 🌟 🎉 Adam Pincott (Cloisters Chambers) Colleen Cumbers (Crown Office Chambers) Patrick S. (Westgate Chambers) Chloe Yeung (Unity Street Chambers) ⚡ Are you a pupil barrister in your second six? Find out more about the Pupil Pledge and sign up today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e4GxR2k8

📢 Are you a barrister working on a pro bono case?   You can maximise the impact of your work by applying for a pro bono costs order to help The Access to Justice Foundation fund advice organisations like us to continue to deliver life-changing pro bono services.   ⚡️ Find out how ➡️ https://bit.ly/CostsOrders #ProBonoCosts #BePartofthePicture

📢 Do you have a background in law? Do you want to support an organisation engaging people of all ages and abilities in dance to improve their health and wellbeing? Apply to become a legal trustee for DanceWest today. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ejSV3DjT

Thank you to Esme Cairns (1 Crown Office Row) for completing the Pupil Pledge!🎉 Pupils can make use of our mentoring Scheme, Collaborate, when taking on a piece of pro bono work during their second six. Find out more about our Collaborate mentoring Scheme ➡ https://bit.ly/Collabor8- ⚡ Sign up to the Pupil Pledge today: https://lnkd.in/e4GxR2k8

Two of our Caseworkers, Emma and Karl, had a great time speaking at the The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Pupils Course yesterday. Our special thanks to Sophie C., pupil at QEB, who spoke to the room about her experience of doing pro bono, the support offered by Advocate and how amenable her chambers were to her taking on her own pro bono cases. 🔎 Make sure to read the Guide to Pro Bono for Pupils and Supervisors, which explains how pupils can gain experience of pro bono work during pupillage ⬇ https://lnkd.in/eZPURPKS

📣VOLUNTEER WITH US! Are you looking to gain experience in marketing, communications and fundraising? Join us and LawWorks to help us deliver a nationwide student fundraising challenge! #LawSchoolChallenge ⏰Applications close 4th August. Apply here➡️https://lnkd.in/evgzRamd

📢 Do you have a background in family law? Can you provide essential training for a law centre’s staff team on civil procedure matters? ⚡️ Apply to become a Housing Law Workshop Facilitator with Wiltshire Law Centre today ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eBCxjNQT

We are so proud of the runners who trained so hard to run The London 10K for Advocate yesterday! 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️ A special shout-out to those who ran for us from Gatehouse Chambers and Brick Court Chambers, we are really grateful for your support. 🙌 Its still not too late to donate - all donations will go towards our work to ensure that more people have access to justice. ⚡ Donate today ➡ http://bit.ly/Advoc8-10K

📣 Panel Member Shout-out to Carolina Bax (42BR Barristers) for stepping up to provide last minute representation for a respondent mother in her pre-trial review hearing in a family court case concerning child arrangements. The mother is a survivor of domestic abuse and was highly nervous about the prospect of facing her abuser in court, who wants regular access to their children. The mother has expressed how grateful she is to Carolina for her reassurance and support. Thank you, Carolina. ⚡ Find out more about volunteering as a Panel Member with us ⬇ https://bit.ly/VolAdvoc8

We would like to thank Samantha Singer and Tim Amos KC of Chambers of Katie Cowton KC & James Ewins KC, Queen Elizabeth Building for stepping up to successfully represent a mother pro bono in her appeal to Cobb J (now LJ) in a case about housing for the children of unmarried parents. We are really pleased to see a Silk, Junior and solicitor collaborate together pro bono on a case in this way 👏 . The full judgment is available to read below. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/egE93_5u ⚡ Find out more about volunteering pro bono with Advocate and the support that is available, including: ✅ Our mentoring Scheme, Collaborate: https://bit.ly/Collabor8- ✅ Pro Bono Connect, a scheme which allows barristers to work on pro bono cases together with solicitors: https://lnkd.in/eFhxUKUj More about volunteering with Advocate ➡ https://bit.ly/VolAdvoc8