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 'How can we effectively be a voice for care-experienced clients and share their stories in court if we do not yet understand, or give visibility to, care experience? For care-experienced people, access to the profession is access to justice'

Lucy Barnes, Our Co-Founder and CEO (14th June 2024 Bar Council article 'Raising the Bar: care-experienced people belong here.'

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Fostering care-experienced talent in legal careers.


Care-experience led
Aspiring for inclusion
Raising the Bar

Erasing barriers
 

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COHORT 2 LAUNCHES 

Lawyers Who Care is thrilled to welcome over 50 new Mentors for Cohort 2 of our

flagship Mentorship Programme. 

“The Lawyers Who Care initiative is a brilliant one that I fully support. The purpose to give some targeted support to care-experienced aspiring lawyers is both unprecedented and absolutely focussed on a cohort of legal talent that both needs the initial support, and which has historically been underserved, even ignored. It’s fantastic to see a number of chambers have already signed up as members and I am sure that many barristers will be keen to act as mentors.”

Sam Townend KC, Chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales

What We Offer

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Long-Term Mentoring

We will aim to match you with a mentor who’s suitable for you and shares similar interests or is practising in the area of law you wish to practise in. Mentors will be trained in care experience and trauma-informed practices. Mentors will have a minimum commitment of 2 years, meeting for 1 hour a month. 

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Facilitating Work Experience 

We are currently in the process of building a legal network to offer PAID work experience opportunities for care-experienced aspiring lawyers.

 

We are committed at LWC to making this the standard. Please note we do not offer paid work experience ourselves, we only encourage firms and chambers to offer it.

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Community & Resources 

At Lawyers Who Care, we’re building a supportive community that uplifts care-experienced talent. We connect mentees, foster mentorship, and work to provide essential resources to help you thrive in your legal career.

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We also run monthly webinars and workshops that support our community. You can view those on our Youtube here.

The truth is, we all just need someone to care, even if it were just one person. That one person could change your life.

Gemma Creamer, CEO

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