Government Departments: Legal Profession
Solicitor-General
Written answers and statements, 21 May 2009
Anne Moffat (East Lothian, Labour)
To ask the Solicitor-General what the policy of the Law Officers' Departments is on encouraging Government lawyers to undertake pro bono work.
Vera Baird (Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office; Redcar, Labour)
All Government Departments encourage their staff to take an active role in volunteering in the community. The Law Officers' departments support this policy and the provision by lawyers of legal advice and assistance pro bono. As a Law Officer's department, the Treasury Solicitor's Department, through the Government Legal Service Pro Bono network, encourages Government lawyers who wish to provide advice and representation pro bono. In addition to raising awareness and supporting lawyers working at diverse law clinics, the GLS pro bono network operates an advice clinic at the Treasury Solicitor's Department on Tuesday nights, which focuses on employment law issues. A new initiative from the Crown Prosecution Service is a pro bono and volunteering network, which will be launched formally on
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david campbell
Posted on 23 May 2009 8:38 am (Report this annotation)
YET ANOTHER ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF APPLE PIE QUESTION FROM OUR SUPPORTIVE MP. WHY ASK A PQ WHEN SHE OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THE ANSWER ALREADY?