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Roger Smith is a solicitor and expert in legal aid issues. He is a former director of LAG and JUSTICE.
Roger Smith discusses the Society of Labour Lawyers’ new pamphlet.
We need to update our narrow idea of what legal aid is for if we want it to survive, argues Roger Smith.
Roger Smith discusses how devolution might work in the context of civil legal aid, if a possible Labour government were to follow that...
Roger Smith considers recent indications of what Labour’s policy on legal aid might look like come the next general election.
Roger Smith discusses the potential of technology in the re-conception of legal aid.
Roger Smith and Nic Madge summarise their proposals for a National Legal Service to replace the ailing legal aid scheme.
Policies on legal aid and access to justice have, unsurprisingly, drifted under the rapid succession of the MoJ's top leadership.
Reporting from Innovations in Technology, the best access to justice/technology conference in the world.
The US Legal Services Corporation held its annual Innovations in Technology Conference from 12 to 20 January 2022.
The law centre in Northern Ireland has a record of innovation and success in providing access to justice over 40 years. It now faces competition from...