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Contact Us Members of the public should contact the Unit through one of the accredited agencies. If, however, you are a new agency thinking of applying to the Unit, then we would be pleased to hear from you. Please click on the link below to send us an email.
Pro Bono Week launch
Scotland will be represented by the Faculty’s Mungo Bovey, QC, at the online official launch of the 19th UK Pro Bono Week.
Advocates provide training for pro bono immigration and housing cases
The Faculty’s Free Legal Services Unit is helping to train pro bono solicitors and other volunteers in two important areas of advice work.
Faculty’s pro bono leader to speak at law clinics event
The head of the Faculty’s pro bono service, Mungo Bovey, QC, has been invited to give the keynote address at a conference of student law clinics.
Faculty plays its part in major international legal event
It attracted 2,000 delegates from more than 100 countries, and featured names such as Aung San Suu Kyi and Ban Ki-moon, and the Faculty was delighted to have played its part at the Global Law Summit.
Information for Advocates
Information for Advocates VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES Pro bono legal work has always been an integral part of membership of the Faculty of Advocates, as part of its work in providing access to justice and meeting otherwise unmet legal need. As part of that commitment, the Faculty of Advocates' Free Legal Services Unit ("the Unit") was set up in 2003, and given the task of devising a scheme for the provision of free legal advice and representation in deserving cases for those who cannot afford the legal help which they need, and who cannot obtain assistance from any other source, and also for the provision of advocacy skills training to representatives of the advice agencies in the legal sector. The Faculty has also provided a number of training courses for advice agency representatives.
Pro Bono Week 2020
It’s Pro Bono Week, a salute to lawyers across the UK, like our own Free Legal Services Unit, who are unstinting and selfless in their drive to open access to justice.
Information for the Public
Information for the Public WHAT CAN WE HELP WITH? Our advocates can assist with any of the specialist services which they would give in a paying case including: Written legal advice on your case Legal advice in a consultation with you Representation in courts, tribunals and at mediation We can help in all areas of law. WHO CAN GET HELP? You may be able to get help in your case if the following applies: You cannot obtain public funding (legal aid) You cannot afford to pay for the help you need, or get it elsewhere Your case must usually have legal merit Any single piece of work for which assistance is requested will not take more than 3 days The Unit has limited resources, and can only help in some cases. HOW CAN I GET HELP? All applications to the Unit must be made through an advice agency (see our list as below).
Woman thanks FLSU for ‘incredible service’
A woman’s £5,391 award from an Employment Tribunal has been confirmed on appeal, with help from the Faculty’s pro bono unit.
Different ways of instructing an advocate
Advocates are members of an independent referral bar. This means that, as a general rule, Advocates do not provide their services directly to the public, but are available to be instructed by solicitors and other designated professionals and bodies.