We would like to congratulate Northumbria University who won the Access to Justice Foundation award last night for the amazing pro bono work they have been carrying out. Their belief in 'Putting pro bono at the heart of a lawyer's career' saw them take the award over the University's of Cambridge, Sheffield and Hull who were also shortlisted for the award. Here they are celebrating:
The awards held at the House of Commons were opened by Justice Knowles, with speeches from Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP, Alex Chalk MP and James Harper of Lexis Nexis about the importance of pro bono work.
Lexis Nexis sponsored the evening which also held awards for Best Contribution by a Law School, Best Contribution by an Individual Student Award, Best Contribution by a Team of Students and Best New Pro Bono Activity.
See all the tweets from the evening using the hashtag #StudentProBono2017.
The awards held at the House of Commons were opened by Justice Knowles, with speeches from Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP, Alex Chalk MP and James Harper of Lexis Nexis about the importance of pro bono work.
Lexis Nexis sponsored the evening which also held awards for Best Contribution by a Law School, Best Contribution by an Individual Student Award, Best Contribution by a Team of Students and Best New Pro Bono Activity.
See all the tweets from the evening using the hashtag #StudentProBono2017.