Is my organisation eligible to host a fellow?
To be eligible your organisation must:
Meet the requirements set out by the relevant regulatory authority to supervise a trainee solicitor:
- England and Wales – Solicitors Regulation Authority
- Scotland – Law Society of Scotland
- Northern Ireland – Law Society of Northern Ireland
You must also be able to provide training in at least two or three areas of law or if you specialise in one area, demonstrate there is enough breadth within that area to train a fellow.
What else do we consider?
From eligible applications, we will only select hosts who can offer fellows excellent legal training and the best support to become a successful social justice lawyer in the future.
We aim to prioritise applications by considering where a grant to host one of our fellows could provide the most impact. When considering hosts for selection we look for organisations which:
- Have a strong training ethos
- Offer an inclusive and supportive working environment for fellows
- Strive to learn from their beneficiaries and local community
- Are expert in an area of social justice law
- Do work that is of national significance or play a key role in their geographic region
- Do work which is innovative and strategic
- Think creatively about the future sustainability of their work
- Cover a geographic area or particular community who are otherwise underserved by advice provision
- Are likely to be financially stable for the duration of the training contract
- Have the financial ability to offer a training position without receiving grant funding
- Number of trainees currently within an organisation.