Show Notes
In the first of a three-part collaboration with Community Law and Mediation and The Bar of Ireland Voluntary Assistance Scheme, we explore how the community law model arose in Ireland, the essential services such centres provide, and the strong relationship between community law and legal practitioners.
Hosts Gemma McLoughlin Burke BL (Co-ordinator of the VAS) and Aoife Kelly-Desmond (CEO of CLM) welcome Prof. Gerry Whyte (Trinity Law School) and Eilis Barry (Free Legal Advice Centres) for an insightful discussion on the history of this area, from the Pringle Report in 1977 to the place of law centres in our legal system today.
For more on CLM, visit https://communitylawandmediation.ie/
For more on The Bar of Ireland Voluntary Assistance Scheme visit: https://lawlibrary.ie/vas
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