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Cardiff Law School Law Clinic

Law in the Real World

We are committed to extending extracurricular opportunities to our students, helping to enhance their CVs in a competitive graduate job market. We work in partnership with lawyers, charities and voluntary organisations to give students the opportunity to practise and extend their skills.

Our two most established schemes are our Innocence Project and NHS Continuing Healthcare Scheme. Both of these have won prestigious national awards and help by assisting members of the community and vulnerable groups with matters for which there is in reality no legal aid.

To find out more, email us on probono@cardiff.ac.uk or contact the Law Clinic Staff

Pro Bono work

Law in Healthcare

winner award

In association with Hugh James

Under our NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme, we address the issue of NHS Continuing Health Care (NHSCHC) funding, an increasing problem nationwide which affects a vulnerable section of the community.

Hugh James

Law in Justice

Through the Cardiff Law School Innocence Project, students work, under the supervision of practising solicitors and barristers, on cases of long-term prisoners maintaining their innocence of serious crimes.

Cardiff Case Watch

Continuing healthcare scheme

Follow our six pro bono student cases as they progress through the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Download our Law Clinic booklet

Law in Court

The Personal Support Unit, a national charity, trains students to assist litigants in person at the Civil Justice Centre in Cardiff. It provides free, confidential, independent, nonlegal support to clients, to help them through the court process.

Law in Asylum

In partnership with the charity Asylum Justice, students volunteer at asylum clinics at Cardiff and Newport and train to become advisors accredited by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.

Other Schemes

Law in Mental Health through our Hafal "Appropriate Adult" Scheme

Law in Sport through our Welsh Rugby Union Project *New for 2011/12

Law in Human Rights through our HumanRightsTV internships