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Article: Law firms join Lawyers for Young People access to justice scheme.
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- The Lawyer
- Article date:
- September 7, 2009
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A group of law firms has signed up to a new service aimed at giving young people access to legal advice.
The pilot scheme is being run by the Children's Society in Lambeth, Camden and Colchester, with a nationwide rollout planned for next year.
The scheme enables children to call or email the Lawyers For Young People service and receive initial advice, or if appropriate be referred to a lawyer from an established network of firms.
The law firms taking part in the pilot are Fisher Meredith, Bindmans, Fisher Jones Greenwood and ...