Legal Advice Clinic
The Legal Advice Clinic provides a valuable public service and exceptional work experience opportunities
The Legal Advice Clinic is a free public drop-in advice service staffed by LSBU law students working under the supervision of practising solicitors.
Drop-in opening times
- Tuesdays: 10am–12 noon and 3pm– 5pm
- Wednesdays: 10am–12 noon and 3pm– 5pm
- Fridays: 10am–12 noon
Our advice service
We provide:
- Basic information on any topic.
- Generalist advice in social welfare law matters: this includes family, housing, employment, welfare rights and consumer disputes but does not include immigration.
- Specialist legal advice in family and housing by appointment at Thursday evening sessions (accessible via an initial assessment at our daytime drop-in).
Alternative sources of advice while we are closed
- You can look for your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and find written information on a range of legal issues on the CAB website.
- You can find alternative legal advice clinics by using the Law Works search engine.
- If you are eligible for legal aid (free legal help from a solicitor), you can search for legal aid solicitors.
- You can also use the Law Society search engine to search for a solicitor.
- There is a lot of helpful information on a range of legal issues on the Advice Now website.
We are unable to provide any advice by phone or email, but see below for our online video advice service and our Windrush Justice Clinic, for when we re-open on 16th April 2024..
Social Welfare Law: advice by appointment via online video meetings
We also provide generalist advice on Social Welfare Law matters via online video meeting appointments.
Unfortunately, due to demand we cannot guarantee to offer you an online video appointment as most of the advice we give is through our drop-in sessions.
We re-open for online appointments from Monday 15th April 2024 until Thursday 25th April 2024. If you wish to request an online appointment for when we re-open, please email us on legaladvice@lsbu.ac.uk the week before we re-open.
Windrush Justice Clinic: advice by appointment via online video meetings
As part of our collaboration with the Windrush Justice Clinic we can provide initial advice on likely eligibility for the Windrush Compensation Scheme and gathering evidence in support of an application to the scheme. We will do our best to refer you to one of our partners who can assist in submitting an application to the scheme. Please note we cannot give immigration advice.
The Windrush Justice Clinic assists victims of the Windrush scandal to obtain compensation for the losses and distress they have suffered because of the hostile environment.
The Windrush Justice Clinic is run by a collaboration of partners, including the legal advice clinics at the University of Westminster, London South Bank University, North Kensington Law Centre, Southwark Law Centre, the Claudia Jones Organisation, the Windrush Compensation Project and the Jigsaw House Society.
We re-open for online appointments, including for Windrush advice, from Monday 15th April 2024 until Thursday 25th April 2024. If you wish to request an online appointment for Windrush advice when we re-open, please email us on legaladvice@lsbu.ac.uk the week before we re-open.
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