Martin Partington: Spotlight on the Justice System

While the importance of public legal education is widely accepted in principle, it is left to the work of a pretty small charity, Law for life: foundation for public legal education, to continue to fly the flag for this important project.

The aims of the charity are to increase access to justice by providing everyone with an awareness of their legal rights together with the confidence and skills to assert them.

Most people struggle to cope with legal issues, and often don’t know where to go for help. Being able to cope with family and housing issues, sorting out employment and benefit matters or difficulties with goods and services is crucial. These issues are the cornerstones of everyday life that can become drivers of poverty and inequality if left unresolved.

To address these challenges Law for Life

• publishes the online Advice Now information service that draws together the best up-to-date information about the law and rights available on the internet;
• creates effective materials (leaflets, videos) that provide practical help on how to manage and resolve life’s legal problems;
• delivers community-based education and training projects focussing on housing, welfare, consumer, and employment issues with an emphasis on skills;
• offers consultancy to other organisations.

Updates on the work of Law for Life are provided in regular newsletters, the most recent of which was published on 30 June 2020.

For further details about Law for Life, see https://lawforlife.org.uk/

Advice Now is at https://www.advicenow.org.uk/

The Law for Life Newsletter is at https://mailchi.mp/42bebf74018a/8wt2tlhi1o-3120242?e=f65948d0ee

This has links to the full archive of Law for Life Newsletters.