By Nahiyat Quadri, a penultimate year LLB student. In 2020, Scotland led a historic movement for menstrual equity, passing the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act . This landmark legislation requires schools, colleges, universities, and other public buildings to provide free period products to anyone in need. The law addresses “period poverty”—the reality that some cannot…
Generative AI: Accelerating the Marathon Toward Access to Justice
This is an independent guest post written by Amanda Chaboryk. Amanda currently works as the Head of Legal Data and Systems at a consulting firm and is a board member of a charity. She focuses on the intersection of law and data science, with a particular interest in emerging technologies, such as generative AI. Introduction…
“Why Good Intentions are Not Enough?”: the Messy Reality of Clinics.
by Harsh Mahaseth, Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, India, and a Visiting Faculty at Mahindra University, India; and Sonal Sinha, a final year law student in India. A lawyer graduating fresh out of law school is brimming with good intentions and has his prospects put at odds with the…
Examining the Impact of Rwanda’s Asylum Policy on the UK Constitution
by Sreeja Goduguchinta , first year L.L.B. student and student writer with the UCL Junior Lawyers Against Poverty Chapter The Rwanda asylum policy was described by Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, as ‘utterly immoral’, ‘wholly impractical’ and showing the lack of respect ministers had for ‘the law, courts and the country’s…
Redefining Legal Landscapes: Navigating the Intersection of AI and Ethics in Law
Ammar Zafar, PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool, School of Law The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the legal domain signifies a profound paradigm shift from conventional, labour-intensive methodologies to a more streamlined, technologically empowered approach. This transformation transcends mere convenience, heralding a new era that promises to redefine access to legal services and optimize…
Housing Law Series: Part I – Awaab’s Law: A Turning Point in Tenant Rights and Housing Standards?
Taruniga Thambiayah, Publications Editor and Contributor of the UCL Student Pro Bono Committee. Having been inspired by the recent changes within the housing sector due to media outcries and exacerbating factors such as the cost of living crisis, this housing series will be discussing the various legislative reforms that are being introduced or are pending…
How TikTok is Reforming Protest Against Exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
by Anwita Karanth, penultimate year L.L.B. student and student writer with the UCL Junior Lawyers Against Poverty Chapter TikTok has been steadily revolutionising protest since 2020, when the BLM movement gained traction on the app, and continues to demonstrate its influence amongst the youth in current human rights affairs. TikTok’s newest human rights project focuses…
Mind the (Legal Educational) Gap: How the Target Law Mentoring Programme Seeks to Close It
by Amanda Amaeshi, penultimate year L.L.B. student. Education and the law are powerful tools which can transform one’s life and the world for the better. Disappointingly, however, in the UK there continues to be a stark lack of diversity in both higher education and in all areas of the legal practice, specifically in relation to…
Brazilian Legal Clinics Work to Promote Effective Access to Justice
This is an independent guest post written by Suelen Tavares Gil, a Brazilian-qualified lawyer. Ms. Gil currently works as a volunteer lawyer at Cravinas, the human rights and sexual and reproductive rights clinic from the University of Brasília. Brazil has a strong litigation culture, but effective justice is not yet accessible to everyone. Law clinics…