BPP has a proud record in promoting pro bono work. The BPP website cites the following:
BPP’s Pro Bono Centre provides a wide range of legal services without charge through a varied and interesting programme of projects, all delivered by BPP law students.
Taking part in pro bono gives students the perfect opportunity to demonstrate their legal professionalism and build up experiences that will prepare them for a career in law.
Many students never forget these experiences and deliver pro bono advice throughout their careers.
Award-winning service
The centre’s projects have won several awards, including:
- The Lawyer Award for Pro Bono Activity of the year 2005
- Finalist status for the same award in 2004, 2007 and 2009
- High Commendations in the LawWorks & Attorney General’s Student Awards 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Two High Commendations in the Attorney General’s Student Awards 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Winner of the Best Contribution by a Team of StudentsAward at the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Awards 2011
- Winner of the LawWorks Award for Pro Bono Partnership2009
The text of this blogpost is from a publicly available flier available at BPP, from the BPP Pro Bono Unit. For queries relating to the Members’ Conference & AGM and Council elections, if you’re a BPP student, please DM @legalaware (you can temporarily follow @legalaware solely for the purpose of sending the DM if you wish.) Otherwise, you are most welcome to support the @ProBonoBPP twitter account, which is separate from the BPP Legal Awareness Society.
Liberty’s annual Members’ Conference & AGM will take place on Saturday 26th May 2012, at Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU
If you would like to attend the event, please complete the attached booking form and return it to agm@liberty-human-rights.org.uk or post it to AGM, Liberty House, 26-30 Strutton Ground, London, SW1P 2HR.
This event is for members of Liberty only. If you are not a member then you will need to join up in order to attend. Details on how to join can be found at http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/support/ or please call Liberty’s Membership Team on 0207 378 3663 or email them at membership@liberty-human-rights.org.uk
The day will include the opportunity to participate in interactive “break out” sessions with Liberty Board, Council and staff members and other guests on the following topics: Careers in Human Rights / Is the Right to Protest Under Threat? / Equality: the Law and Current Issues / How to Support Liberty’s Work
The sessions on Careers in Human Rights and the Right to Protest will run simultaneously, as will the sessions on Equality and How to Support Liberty’s Work. Members are permitted to sign up to a maximum of two sessions, and so should choose only one from each time slot.
Places on these sessions are limited and will be offered on a “first come first served” basis so if you do wish to attend, please indicate this on your booking form. Attendees will also have the chance to debate and vote upon motions which have been submitted in advance and which will, if passed, help to shape Liberty policy. In the morning there will be a “Question Time” style panel debate with special guests, including Attorney General, Dominic Grieve MP.
