Our vision

Law for Life strives for social justice by legally empowering individuals and communities. We believe everyone should be equipped with the knowledge, confidence and skills needed to deal with the law-related issues they are likely to encounter in the course of their lives.

Our mission

To deliver public legal education and information (PLEI) as a tool for empowering people, securing access to justice and tackling inequality. We will work together with others to identify and promote excellence in its research, design and delivery.

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Job opportunities
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Evaluation of housing rights courses for trusted intermediaries
Over the past few years, Law for Life has developed public legal education courses for trusted intermediaries (who are usually frontline workers or trusted local community members) who help people in precarious housing situations. These courses address issues faced by people who are renting from private landlords and who may be vulnerable to eviction or poor housing conditions. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, these courses have been delivered online.
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Evaluation of the Regional Courses on Housing Rights for Trusted Intermediaries

Over the past few years, Law for Life has developed public legal education courses for trusted intermediaries (who are usually frontline workers or

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Affordable Advice Service pilot evaluation report published

The Affordable Advice Service offers a unique blend of step-by-step guidance from Advicenow with fixed fee, unbundled legal advice from expert soli

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Call for participants: Housing rights course for women

We are delighted to announce a six-week housing-rights programme for 

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Evaluation of the Affordable Advice Service pilot

The Affordable Advice Service offers a unique blend of step-by-step guidance from Advicenow with fixed fee, unbundled legal advice from expert solicitors at the most crucial points in the process.

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How we can help you with education and training

Our team brings together the best possible blend of knowledge, experience, and understanding of public legal education to help you develop your own work in whatever ways best suit your needs.

 "I attended this course at a zoom meeting, it was really informative. So many things I did not know about. I am also homeless so it was really good for me, I learnt so many things."

Homeless course participant

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How we can help you with research and evaluation projects

Research and evaluation is at the heart of everything we do. Law for Life’s research and evaluation programmes seek to deepen our understanding of legal need and the impact of different access to justice interventions.

We have worked with some of the UK’s leading researchers of legal need to uncover levels of legal capability across different cohorts and identify effective methods to improve them.

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Law for Life helps to bring about legal change for benefit claimants

We were delighted to be involved in a recent judicial review case which resulted in the DWP agreeing to stop its policy of cold-calling disabled pe

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