Who is your legal aid lawyer of the year? The organisers of  LALYs – the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2013 – are receiving nominations.

• Download the form HERE.
• Deadline is  26th April 2013 – and awards ceremony is on July 2nd.

There are nine categories:

• Criminal Defence Lawyer
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• Family Legal Aid Lawyer
  Sponsored by Resolution
• Legal Aid Firm/ Not-for-profit Agency
  Sponsored by Matrix Legal Aid Link
• Legal Aid Barrister
  Sponsored by DNA Worldwide
• Social and Welfare Lawyer
  Sponsored by Tikit
• Mental Health Lawyer
  Sponsored by The Law Society
• Immigration Lawyer
  Sponsored by John M Hayes
• Legal Aid Newcomer: Lawyer
  Sponsored by Co-operative Legal Services
• Legal Aid Newcomer: Barrister
  Sponsored by Irwin Mitchell

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Jon is a journalist and has written about the law and justice for the national papers and specialist press for more than 15 years. Jon is a visiting journalism lecturer at Winchester University, a visiting senior fellow in access to justice at the University of Lincoln and patron of Hackney Community Law Centre. He has won the Bar Council’s legal reporter of the year award twice (2015 and 2005). Jon is editor and co-founder of LegalVoice

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