Projects 2014/2015

Legal Outreach Project

Workshops

◦ Autumn Workshop (Late October): focus on provision of information to Year 13

students regarding UCAS and LNAT. Academics and lawyers will be involved as well

as volunteers.

◦ Spring Workshop (Early February): focus on engaging Year 12 students and under.

Will involve a guided mooting experience. Academics and lawyers invited to speak at

the workshop.

School Presentations

◦ 6th form presentations that will address LNAT, UCAS, university/course choices,

demands of legal education etc. Will be held from October to November.

◦ Other school year presentations will expose students to the world of law. Held

mainly in January and February

IntoUniversity Buddies

◦ Event held in conjunction with IntoUniversity in order to promote higher

education among young people (Year 7/8 students). Will be held on 5th and 19th

November 2014.

Legal Outreach Project

Opportunity International

Conference- OPERATION LUMIERA◦To be held in October for people to discover what micro

financing really means. A representative of the charity will come to share his/her experience as well as the vision the organization defends.

Opportunity International

Christmas gig- OPERATION MUSIC SO HIGH◦To be held in December; presence of a band. The aim is to

create a relaxed atmosphere for the members of the project to pitch students about micro financing.

Reception and screening- OPERATION F&F◦To be held in February. After the pressure of mid-sessionals,

students well deserve a reception followed by a film screening

Opportunity International

Human Rights Project

Human Rights Moot◦ Estimated dates are 21st January, 4th February and 23rd

February for the rounds. ◦Aim is to raise awareness of human rights issues and

legislation on human rights. Finals to be hopefully held in the Royal Courts of Justice or Supreme Court.

Human Rights Project

Debates◦Around 4 debates will be held through the academic year. The

debates are open to all and will concern: Views on Equality. Held during Pro Bono Week (3-7 November) World Today: global & local. Held on 26th November. Media/privacy vs. free expression. Held on 11th February. Access to justice. Held on 18th March.

Human Rights Project

Interuniversity Conference◦ Speakers will be invited to share on the topic of privacy. It will

be held on 4th March.

HumanWrites" - the project journal, ◦ calling for writers.

Internships ◦ your opportunity to get an insight in some of our most important

organisations.

Human Rights Project

i-ProBono

iConnect◦ External speakers from various legal organisations are invited

to help students engage in Pro Bono work that may not have been accessible to students otherwise. Potentially, a small reception will be held after the event to allow more casual networking. Estimated date is 7th November.

iProbono Publication◦ Intention to hold a competition to attract more contributors to

the iProbono blog and eventually choose the best articles to feature in an iProbono issue published online through the Pro Bono website. Estimated date is end of February.

iProbono

King’s Amicus Chapter

Amicus Weekend Training Sessions◦Annual training weekends held by Amicus (funded

by Pinsent Masons) in order to inform and educate volunteers about death penalty in the USA and how Amicus assists defence lawyers in the US. Around 10 volunteers will be sponsored.

King’s Amicus Chapter

Zombie Run and Jailbreak◦ Two fundraising events organised by the Amicus Charity.◦ Zombie run: 30 October. You have one mission: to survive the

Zombie Run fundraising challenge. The winning team with the most sponsorship will win a cash prize!

◦ Jailbreak: 25 & 26 October.  See how far you and your team can travel without spending any of your own money in 36 hours. The team with the most sponsorship money raised will receive a prize.

Guest Speaker◦We are looking to invite either former death row inmates or capital

defense lawyers. Tentatively will take place in February 2015.

King’s Amicus Chapter

Legal Clinic

The Clinic will be seeking 10 students to act as advisors (LLB 3rd year/LLM or higher). Call for applications will be made shortly.

A training evening will be held at Speechly Bircham’s offices on 8th October, after which the caseload will begin to be distributed.

Speechly Bircham will provide the legal expertise through appointments set up between an assigned lawyer, a student advisor and the KCL student requesting the legal advice.

Legal Clinic

One-on-One Mentoring

This project aims to provide academic and vocational assistance to A Level students from Sixth Form schools in the London area.

  As mentors, we support students in studying for their A-levels,

and provide assistance during their UCAS applications.  Each mentor will be assigned between 1-3 students. Mentors will

have full responsibility for communicating with mentees via email or meetings in order to work out their requirements and needs.

We aim to develop a partnership with the KCL Alumni program to further benefit mentees.

One-on-One Mentoring

Mediation Project

STEP 1: Register your KCL Pro Bono membership with KCLSU  1) Please go to KCLSU website at http://www.kclsu.org/  2) Then Log In 3) Then go to ‘Get Involved’ 4) ‘Student Activities and Societies’ 5) ‘Joining a Group’ 6) Find Pro Bono 7) Click Standard Membership and pay the £5 fee

Step 2: Apply on for the individual projects you are interested in. You may

apply for more than one project: Go to the ‘Application’ page on http://kclprobono.org.uk/ and click the links to join

the project you want!

How to apply

Thank you!