We are delighted to be sponsoring this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards, otherwise known as the LALYs.
Communicourt is sponsoring the ‘Disability Rights’ category and nominations are now open.
This will be the 22nd Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards and nominations will close on 22 April. This is the only annual event solely dedicated to celebrating the work of grassroots social justice lawyers.
This year sees the addition of new award categories, new sponsors, and a distinctive new logo for this well-supported event. Winners in the 12 award categories will be announced at a ceremony in central London on 5 July in front of a 500-plus strong audience.
Communicourt Managing Director Billy Scrimshire said: “I am thrilled that Communicourt is a category sponsor for such an amazing event. I can think of no better way to show our support for the fantastic work of legal aid practitioners, and I am really looking forward to seeing the submissions.”
The categories are:
- Legal Aid Newcomer (sponsor – Friends of LALY24)
- Legal Aid Support Staffer/Support Team (sponsor – Accesspoint)
- Housing Law (sponsor – Leigh Day)
- Family Legal Aid, including Children’s Rights (sponsor – Resolution)
- Criminal Defence (sponsor – One Pump Court)
- Legal Aid Barrister (sponsor – The Bar Council)
- Legal Aid Firm/Not-for-Profit Agency (sponsor – The Law Society)
- Disability Rights (sponsor – Communicourt)
- Regional Firm/Not-for-Profit Agency (sponsor – The Legal Education Foundation)
- Social Welfare Law (sponsor – Doughty Street Chambers)
- Public Law (sponsor – DG Legal)
- Outstanding Achievement (sponsor – Matrix Chambers)
To find out how to make a nomination, please visit the LALY website.
