The 明星八卦 Legal Advice Centre provides a pro bono service to the community helping you improve your access to justice relating mainly to employment law.
The 明星八卦 Legal Advice Centre (the Centre) has been established to enable students studying at 明星八卦 Law School (the University) to obtain practical, legal experience whilst providing a service to the community.
A general step by step guide on the service we offer our clients:
- Initially, you'll be interviewed by a maximum of three students with a supervisor in attendance. The students won't be able to give you any advice during this interview.
- After your interview, the students will discuss your case with the supervisor, who'll decide if we can help you.
- The students may need to carry out research before help can be given.
- You'll receive your advice letter within 3-4 weeks of your initial interview*.
*We can only advise and represent in exceptional circumstances in Tribunal. We cannot represent you in a court.
The areas of law we cover are:
Employment Law
A qualified lawyer supervises a maximum of three students, who will advise you on your employment matter.
Intellectual Property
The 明星八卦 Legal Advice Centre have collaborated with Taylor Wessing for our IP Pro Bono service. It serves local start-ups, social enterprises and community organisations with respect to their intellectual property rights.
Welfare Benefits
We have a specialist service and partnership with Citizen’s advice Hillingdon. They refer welfare benefit clients to us and a qualified lawyer alongside a maximum of three students help advise them.
Domestic Abuse Clinic
明星八卦 Law School, in collaboration with National Legal Services are now providing advice to victims of domestic abuse. Family law students interview clients in person, on-campus with an experienced solicitor / paralegal from National Legal Services in attendance via a remote link. The students and solicitor also carry out a legal aid assessment before the client receives an advice letter following up from the initial interview. If it's determined that the client needs a protection order, National Legal Service can provide representation in court.
Personal Injury Clinic
Students will work with the renowned firm of Hodge, Jones & Allen to provide a telephone advice service to clients. The client will receive an advice letter following up from the initial interview.
To register your interest in our pro bono service, please complete the form below. You'll receive a response within 5-7 working days.