The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer

Upholding the Heart of Justice
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3292-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 463 g

Since the 2012 LASPO cuts, legal aid provision in England and Wales has faced severe challenges, threatening both client access to justice and traditional practices.

This book offers an in-depth ethnographic study of how these cuts have transformed the professional identity of legal aid lawyers amid shrinking resources. By documenting the first-hand experiences of those on the front line, it reveals how these professionals navigate the precarious landscape while maintaining their commitment to justice.

This is a unique and insightful look into the evolving role of legal aid lawyers in a diminishing industry across both civil and criminal remits.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooke, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Sozialrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: A Modern Day ‘Legal Aid Lawyers’ Story

1. Introduction

2. Research Context: Legal Aid Provision Over Time

3. The Participants: How, Who, and Why?

4. Moving Beyond ‘Occupational Culture’: Introducing the Concept of the ‘Shared Orientation’ Model

5. Navigating Entry to, and Barriers Within the Legal Profession: Exploring Institutional and Structural Deficiencies Within the Legal Aid Field

6. The ‘Precarious’ Legal Aid Lawyer: Consequences that Reductions in Funding and Services Have Had on the Legal Aid Lawyers Lived Experience

7. One-Stop-Shop: ‘It’s Not Just About Being Someone’s Lawyer’

8. Concluding Remarks: Revisiting the ‘Shared Orientation’ Model

Über Autor(innen)

Cooke, Emma
Emma Cooke is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent. Her research interests are inter-disciplinary spanning criminal justice, socio-legal and occupational sociology remits.