What qualities are the LALY judges looking for?
The judges are looking for entries which demonstrate legal excellence as a lawyer and exceptional commitment to legal aid clients. This can be manifested in many ways, across all levels of publicly-funded work. The LALYs are principally intended to celebrate the unsung heroes of legal aid, those doing perhaps small, legally unremarkable cases which have the power to transform the lives and protect the rights of the poor and the powerless. We number among previous winners many lawyers whose work at the legal aid coalface otherwise goes unrecognised. Previous LALY winners have also included leading lawyers doing high-profile and ground-breaking work and we continue to welcome these kinds of entries, as well.
