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Amicus Review: The Fear of 13 - Film Review by Emily Edwards
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Emily Edwards
Mar 11, 20213 min read
Amicus Review: Supreme Court Bars Alabama from Executing Willie Smith Without Pastor By His Side
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Leona Walker
Mar 11, 20214 min read
Amicus Review: Death Penalty Use in Texas Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and Changing Prosecutors
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Renee Bourne
Mar 11, 20212 min read


Blog by Kelvin Tayag, Street Law Director
Songwriters throughout the ages utilize common chord progressions to build the foundation for both their music and emotional expression...
Kelvin Tayag
Mar 9, 20214 min read


Human Trafficking, Forced Labour & Child Labour: LWOB Event
Watch the Lawyers Without Borders, Rule of Law Innovation Challenge team present their concept paper and learning mechanism on Human...
Pro Bono
Mar 8, 20211 min read


Celebrating International Womxn's Day
To celebrate International Womxn's Day, our members spoke about what it means to them to be a woman in law. Watch our video...
Pro Bono
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Sonny Jacobs, Stolen Time – Book Review by Sophia Raza
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Sophia Raza
Mar 5, 20213 min read
Just Mercy, Film Review by Mariam Ashraf
Amicus will be publishing a series of reviews and comments on the way capital punishment is presented within the media. Covering books...
Mariam Ashraf
Mar 5, 20213 min read


Sex Work and The Law: LWOB Event
Join the Lawyers Without Borders team for a discussion on sex worker's rights, pornography & obscenity laws, and other topics relating to...
Pro Bono
Mar 3, 20211 min read
Saahibah Chowdhury, Insight Project: As-salamu Alaykum, Peace Be Upon You
Project Insight resonates a lot with what I believe in and looks to resolve a lot of issues I witness and experience myself. Find out...
Saahibah Chowdhury
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Abby Sawbridge, Insight Project: Motivations for Participating in Pro Bono
Studying Law at university isn’t just about academia, it is so much more than that. Pro Bono is just one of the extracurriculars you can...
Abby Sawbridge
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Emile Hashim, Insight Project: Motivations for Participating in Pro Bono from a Non-Law Student
My motivations behind joining the Pro-Bono Society at the University of Leicester were due to several contributing factors. A key...
Emile Hashim
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Ashley Mann, Insight Project: My Experience of Pro Bono
Any one thing you say to a student may be that little push they needed to know they can achieve anything they put their mind to – how...
Ashley Mann
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Dibjeet Kaur, Insight Project: My Experience of Pro Bono
Joining the Pro bono Society for the first time in a lockdown has been abnormal. But we have successfully been able to bring this project...
Dibjeet Kaur
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Sadia Binte Sekander, Insight Project: My Experience of Pro Bono
The friendships I have made in Pro bono last a lifetime! Find out about how being a team member and wellbeing officer has helped me time...
Sadia Binte Sekander
Mar 3, 20212 min read


Project LIGHT: Justice Week Video
What does COVID-19 mean for the rights of those struggling with housing & homelessness to access to justice? Watch Project LIGHT's video...
Pro Bono
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Blog by Sahera Choudhary, Street Law Legal Researcher
When human rights were introduced, we all hoped for the protection of ‘our rights’ and if not all, most of the violations and crime...
Sahera Choudhary
Mar 2, 20212 min read


Lawyers Without Borders, Justice Week Event
Join LWOB on Microsoft Teams for a Kahoot quiz on how COVID-19 has affected access to justice, in support of Justice Week...
Pro Bono
Feb 28, 20211 min read


UOL Pro Bono Shortlisted for Student Law Society Awards
Message from Sonia, Society President:
"Firstly, I would like to thank you for all your incredible work throughout this pandemic...
Pro Bono
Feb 28, 20211 min read


Project LIGHT: COVID 19 and Homelessness
Last week’s theme for the resource team was COVID 19 and the impact this has had on homeless people. The resource team has split into two...
Project LIGHT Resource Team
Feb 26, 20215 min read
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