Mentorship Organisations
We are expanding our group of mentorship organisations. As part of the mentorship, your firm/chambers agrees to:
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Champion care-experienced aspiring lawyers;
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Pay an annual membership fee to cover our care-aware and trauma-informed training;
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Offer two mentors per year per firm/chambers (Depending also on the size of the firm. See more on mentor obligations here.);
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Have a consultation with LWC on your current paid work experience offer for CEP aspiring lawyers (see below).
Paid Work Experience
For true inclusion for care-experienced people, we believe firms and chambers should provide paid work experience for care-experienced aspiring lawyers.
We know first-hand the barriers for CEP having to pay for their own work experience to get a level footing. At LWC we are determined to build connections with law firms and chambers to offer paid opportunities.
Barriers to CEP accessing work experience:
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A potential lack of family support means we are not always able to stay with family rent-free so require reimbursement for reasonable accommodation expenses;
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Potentially having to take time from part-time or full-time work to gain work experience, so CEP should be adequately compensated for their time and expenses.
LWC Inclusion Inventory:
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We have compiled our LWC Inclusion Inventory for our CEP aspiring lawyer mentees to download. On it, it includes all current paid work experience opportunities in law.
Want to advertise your paid work experience for CEP?
Please contact us (below) if you meet the following requirements:
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Reimburse ALL expenses (including accommodation for care experienced if necessary)
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Bursary of a reasonable amount
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Paid work experience offer
If your firm or chambers wishes to offer paid work experience opportunities for our CEP aspiring lawyers, or already offers paid work experience opportunities to include in our Inclusion Inventory for our mentees, please contact us.
Consultation
Please also contact us to enquire regarding a consultation on the work experience offer you currently provide, on how it could be better for care-experienced aspiring lawyers.
