A legal equivalent of the Teach First graduate scheme has been launched by the charity Just for Kids Law.
Under its Advocacy First scheme, graduate recruits will receive a month’s intensive training and then work alongside the charity’s outreach team for 10 months. The graduates, who may come from any discipline, will learn advocacy and negotiation skills as well as the law relating to education, community care, youth justice, immigration and welfare benefits. They will be paid a stipend for the year equivalent to the London living wage.
The scheme is being run initially as a three-year pilot.
Michael Bowes QC, of Outer Temple Chambers, describes the scheme as a “brilliant opportunity for graduates who are considering becoming lawyers to learn practical advocacy skills by helping young people in need”.
