Student Pro Bono Winners Announced

Students from law schools across the country attended the LawWorks & Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2015 at the Houses of Parliament yesterday.

All the nominees carried out outstanding pro bono work, but the winners were as follows:

- Best Contribution by a Law School – University of Strathclyde

- Best Contribution by a Team of Students – University of Huddersfield’s Legal Advice Clinic

- Best New Student Pro Bono Activity – University of Greenwich

- Best Contribution by an Individual Student – Helen Ingram, BPP University (London)

The awards were presented by the Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP and he applauded all nominees. “All students nominated across the four categories have demonstrated a tremendous amount of skill, initiative and selflessness of spirit which I hope will help keep pro bono a force for good in the future of the legal profession in the UK.”

Some 70% of law schools in the UK are involved in pro bono projects, demonstrating how useful the work students do is to the public and also for their own CVs – participating in pro bono work will go a long way on the vacation scheme and training contract applications!  

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