Law Centres
There are 56 Law Centres in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, staffed by solicitors and barristers who specialise in areas of civil law including employment, housing, discrimination, welfare benefits, education and immigration.
Law Centres are embedded in their communities and answer to committees of local people. They assist vulnerable people when they suffer injustice, educate people about their rights and tackle local problems.
In doing so, they transform people’s lives, helping them to stay in their homes, keep their families together and get into employment or education. Law Centres are members of the Law Centres Federation.
How volunteering at a Law Centre changed one man’s life
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Law Centre news
- Law Centres tell MPs: legal aid cuts a false economy
Law Centres today told MPs that the proposed cuts to legal aid would be a false economy which would undermine equality before the law. - Share your stories with us on Facebook
Law Centres Federation has joined Facebook to spread the word about how Law Centres change people's lives and to campaign against plans to cut free legal help to 500,000 desperate people. - Hundreds attend Justice for All campaign launch
Hundreds of campaigners converged on Westminster for the Justice for All launch, including representatives from many Law Centres. - Justice for All campaign launches
The Justice for All campaign will launch today (Wednesday 12 January) at Westminster as charities and individuals come together to oppose government plans to cut legal aid.
Looking for legal advice?
Our site will help you find Law Centres near you. The LCF does not employ lawyers and is unable to give advice directly to the public.
If there is no Law Centre in your area, please visit Community Legal Advice or call them on 0845 345 4 345. You can also text ‘legalaid’ and your name to 80010 and an operator will call you back.
If you would like information about rights and legal issues, visit Advicenow
Justice for all campaign
Justice for All is the campaign to ensure everyone is treated fairly under the law, no matter who they are, how much money they have or where they live. Join the campaign.
Government cuts would deprive 500,000 people of the free legal help they need to keep their jobs, stay in education and protect their loved ones. People like these:
I was fired for making a minor mistake
I had no education for six months
Our funders
The Law Centres Federations’s funders include the Big Lottery Fund, the Legal Services Commission and London Councils.
The Law Centres Federation’s Equality and Diversity Project is supported by the Directorate-Generale for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities of the European Commission.
For more information: EU Progress Programme
This website was funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.
